Monthly Archives: February 2017

Digital model brings lighthouse to life

Sandy Jensen, left, education director of Coastal Georgia Historical Society, shows a three-dimensional model of the St. Simons Lighthouse to Shirley and Roger Kalter of Ponce Inlet, Fla., inside the lighthouse’s museum on Tuesday. Article source: http://goldenisles.news/life/digital-model-brings-lighthouse-to-life/article_6ec0b5a5-9813-55ad-a36b-c5d5eabdae5e.html

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Boeing (BA) Wins Order for 39 Jets from Singapore Airlines

As per media giants, Bloomberg and Reuters , leading commercial aircraft maker The Boeing CompanyBA has received an order for 39 wide-body airplanes from Singapore Airlines Ltd. According to Bloomberg , Singapore Airlines placed the order amid a battle with … Continue reading

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Schlock & Awe: THE NEPTUNE FACTOR

I love any movie with miniature models used to represent massive ships or locations. If skilled craftspeople make a whole cityscape to be destroyed by Godzilla or a runway for a model airplane to land, I’m filled with childlike glee. … Continue reading

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FAA Orders Boeing 747 AD For Inspection Of Cracking

Effective Mar. 14, U.S. operators of Boeing 747-200B, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D and 747-400F aircraft will be required to inspect and take required action for the aluminum strut side skin and corrosion-resistant steel (CRES) outer spring beam support fitting every 500 … Continue reading

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Marine Aviation Going After Small Maintenance Issues that Create …

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Boele (left), a MV-22 flight line mechanic chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Lance Cpl. David Bath (right), a MV-22 flight line mechanic with VMM-163, 11th MEU, adjust cables … Continue reading

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Ohio Moves Toward Changing Old Regulations That Keep Most Drones Out of Parks

Regulations that predates drone technology have kept the technology mostly out of most parks, until now. But there’s a move to change that.   The big public parks are all but drone-free. Years ago, due mostly to the model airplanes … Continue reading

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Marlin Everett Seaholm

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