Monthly Archives: August 2016

Making unique IR observations with an airborne 2.5m telescope

Large parts of the IR spectrum are inaccessible in observations made from ground-based telescopes because of absorption by water vapor in the atmosphere.1 For this reason, the Stratospheric Observatory for IR Astronomy (SOFIA)—a joint project between NASA and the German … Continue reading

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Taylor English Advises Russian Airline Group on $8B Boeing Deal

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Forget model airplanes; the future of racing involves drones – Press

Bapu Madhu used to fly model airplanes. Until it got boring. “It’s very mellow. You don’t take risks,” said Madhu, 36, who lives in Hemet. “I mean, what’s the fun in that?” So when he heard about the exploding sport … Continue reading

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Photos: Blue Angels jet gets dropped off at Seattle’s Museum of Flight … literally!

A Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jet is raised up from a flatbed truck using a crane at the Museum of Flight. (GeekWire photo by Alan Boyle) The latest addition to the Museum of Flight’s airplane collection, a Blue Angels F/A-18 … Continue reading

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Werner Herzog Has Met The Internet and It Is Us

Look, the internet is so many things, everywhere and nowhere, necessary but often completely obscure to us. Talking or thinking about it is, like a sign-on screen, practically an invitation to get lost. The so-called “network of networks” now represents … Continue reading

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Marion historian takes aviation history online

MARION — Seeing an airplane crash as a 3-year-old was the catalyst that set Marion’s David Wendell on a lifelong course of documenting aviation and aerospace history. Now, Wendell shares his hobby with the world through an online aerospace and … Continue reading

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Tesla Model 3: What will the spaceship-like steering wheel of the Model 3 look like?

The final design of the Tesla Model 3 is “pencil down” for over a month now and we all want to know what is different from the prototypes unveiled earlier this year. CEO Elon Musk mentioned some refining of the exterior design and a … Continue reading

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