Monthly Archives: November 2016

Parkersburg man donates models to Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley

SHOW ARTICLE –> Photo by Jess Mancini Modeler Mark Suek holds a 1/48 scale model of a United States Air Force F-105 Thunderchief jet used in the Vietnam War era. Suek has donated 44 models of warplanes, naval ships and … Continue reading

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Cirrus earns Vision Jet certificationCirrus earns Vision Jet certification

The Duluth, Minnesota-based company began talking about building a jet a decade ago and in 2007 showed its first concept, a seven-seat single-engine jet with a V-tail. After the 2008 recession, however, the project, like many aircraft development programs, languished. … Continue reading

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Finding that flying feeling

On a sunny, warm morning a couple weeks ago, recreational pilot Mike Peterson took me up for a flight in his 2004 Zenair CH701 airplane. Peterson had graciously offered to take me on a flight to show me how communications … Continue reading

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Fly-In Remembers Club’s Founder – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville …

Madison Carter joined NBC29 as a reporter in June 2016.   She graduated from Syracuse with a degree in broadcast and digital journalism and a minor in policy studies.  You can reach her on Email, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Article source: http://www.nbc29.com/story/33514246/fly-in-remembers-clubs-founder

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Northeastern startup wins $50K MassChallenge award

3DFortify, a spinout from North­eastern pro­fessor Ran­dall Erb’s lab, com­bines 3-​​D printing and mag­netics to create the highest res­o­lu­tion com­pos­ites to date and received a $50,000 “Gold” prize on Wednesday night at the Mass­Chal­lenge Boston awards ceremony. 3DFortify was among … Continue reading

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Joe’s Crab Shack

Restaurant Details To use the word “tacky” to describe the looks of Joe’s Crab Shack is underkill. My friend summed it up as soon as we walked through the door of this wildly popular restaurant. “It looks like they have … Continue reading

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Dramatic GE engine explosion on Boeing 767 poses puzzle for investigators

The nearly catastrophic explosion of an engine that caused a fire on an American Airlines Boeing 767 just short of takeoff in Chicago a week ago occurred when a specific part that had never before failed broke into pieces. The … Continue reading

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