Monthly Archives: May 2017

This is how much an airplane wing can bend before it breaks

From an airplane seat, you really don’t get a good look at just how much plane wings can bend. They’re built to withstand the worst of weather, coupled with impromptu bouts of turbulence. As you probably assumed, airplanes are put through … Continue reading

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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

It seems that everyone these days is looking for a disruptive business model. But a business model is only one part of the equation. Equally important is the mental model behind the business model, as well as a measurement model … Continue reading

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This Tiny 3D Printed Jet Engine Could Have Big Promise

OZY and GE are partnering to bring you an inside look into how additive manufacturing is changing the way things are made across industries and across the world. Learn more. Call it the little engine that could. Last year, a … Continue reading

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Stratos Is Serious About Single-engine 714

In 2008, the market hype about single- and twin-engine very light jets was at a peak, with what seemed like dozens of projects under way, and talk of VLJs darkening the skies prompting concerns among aviation authorities about how all … Continue reading

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Debris found in Bermuda Triangle matches model of missing plane

The search for a plane carrying a Manhattan CEO, her two young sons and her pilot boyfriend that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle entered its third day Wednesday, as the Coast Guard tweeted a new picture that appears to show … Continue reading

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Boeing delivers first 737 MAX, with more than 3700 to go

The glitch that threatened to spoil Boeing’s smooth progress toward first delivery of its new 737 MAX was overcome quickly, as the jet maker Tuesday handed over the first MAX 8 to Malaysian carrier Malindo Air. The discovery of a … Continue reading

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Aerodrome built on passion for free-flight model planes

CLOSEx Embed x Share A replica of the Spirit of St. Louis will be unveiled to the public on May 21 at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook. Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal Pilot Clay Hammond awaits passengers for a … Continue reading

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