Monthly Archives: May 2017

Arn Kind takes audiences into World War I

Arn Kind directs GMR student Ben Williamson (not pictured) to turn the propeller of the fighter plane he is having Dylan Heggedal (sitting) pretend to fly. Kind visited the Greenbush Community Center on April 19 to deliver another one of … Continue reading

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Meet the Kids Who May One Day Settle Mars

The first time America set its cap for another world, there was no room for kids. That other world was the moon, the goal was announced in 1961 and the deadline for a landing was before 1970. No 1961 schoolchild … Continue reading

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From the Cockpit Part 18: Aeronca Model 7 Champion

Editor’s Note: This is part 18 of an ongoing series documenting the flights of active-duty US Navy Pilot Ryan Rankin on his journey to fly 52 planes in 52 weeks through the year 2017. Rankin’s latest flight takes him a bit … Continue reading

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B39 Airacobra flies fast at Concord Park

Touching the sky B39 Airacobra flies fast at Concord Park May 4, 2017 by Carolyn Evans T. Michael Jennings holds onto the wire as he takes his B39 Airacobra WWII balsa wood plane for a spin in late April at … Continue reading

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SOFIA Confirms Nearby Planetary System Similar to Ours | UANews

NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, recently completed a detailed study of a nearby planetary system. The investigations confirmed that this nearby planetary system has an architecture remarkably similar to that of our solar system. … Continue reading

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Bill Gates foundation backs Janicki Bioenergy’s Omni Processor …

CLOSEx Embed x Share A TCPalm investigation found the Department of Environmental Protection permits treated human waste to be dumped near some of Florida’s most fragile and protected waters. LUCAS DAPRILE/TCPALM Janicki Omni Processor pilot plant in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: CONTRIBUTED … Continue reading

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Can Giant Airships Accelerate To Orbit (JP Aerospace’s Idea)?

JP Aerospace is an interesting company – in the city of Rancho Cordova, CA., California, JP Aerospace, America’s OTHER Space Program. Their aim is to develop ways to send airships up into the stratosphere – and more controversially, all the way … Continue reading

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