Monthly Archives: April 2017

AP News in Brief at 11:04 pm EDT

Security tight as France prepares for presidential vote PARIS (AP) — Early voting began overseas Saturday in France’s most nail-biting election in generations, and the 11 candidates seeking to become the country’s next president silenced their campaigns as required to … Continue reading

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In Sonoma County parks, laws vary over flying drones

Runners ascend a winding trail at Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve outside Santa Rosa as morning fog retreats and sunshine bathes the peak in a warm glow. The scene is lovely. It also was captured on video … Continue reading

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County’s rules on drones could include ban on operating over open air gatherings without consent

The St. Johns County Commission on Tuesday got its first look at a proposed ordinance related to the operation of drones and voted 4-1 to consider a heavily stripped-down version of the regulations at its next meeting. Commission Chair Jimmy … Continue reading

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Flight enthusiasts enjoy experimental fly-in, model competition

Photograph by Linda KC Reynolds Serious business — Brodie Long, an engineer for The Spaceship Company builds model planes with his children Nora and Mike during Mojave’s Indoor RC and Glider Fly-in competition. Growing up in Oklahoma, Long said it … Continue reading

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Day: April 14, 2017

Python is the Arduino of software projects. It has a critical mass of libraries for anything from facial recognition and neural networks to robotics and remote sensing. And just like Arduino, I have yet to find the killer IDE for Python. … Continue reading

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WATCH: Passengers enjoy flight ‘back in time’ over Savannah in restored 1929 Ford Tri-Motor

Eight excited passengers crowded around pilot Ashley Messenger on Thursday, eyes beaming. With a grin, the retired pilot explained the safety precautions necessary for the flight they were about to take — proper seatbelt fastening method, no smoking, a typical … Continue reading

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Thunder Over Louisville features UPS plane with all-female crew – The Courier

CLOSEx Embed x Share What you need to know about Thunder 2017. Rachel Aretakis/Courier-Journal Buy Photo Maintenance Supervisor Lornna Ruble poses in front of a UPS 757 Boeing, the same type of plane that will be used during Thunder Over … Continue reading

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