Monthly Archives: October 2017

Can This Garmin Cockpit Defend Ballistic Missile Fields? – Avionics

The Garmin G5000H in a UH-60A cockpit. Photo courtesy of Global Aviation Solutions For a while, Sikorsky and its HH-60U Black Hawk, and the Boeing/Leonardo team with its MH-139, have been at the forefront of the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N … Continue reading

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Grammy Awards: See How the Statue Is Made

Have you ever wondered how a Grammy award is made? Well, wonder no longer as John Billings, the “Grammy Man” from Ridgway, Colorado, is here to show us how it’s done. Billings, who has been crafting the iconic statue for 40 … Continue reading

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Singapore Signs Firm Order for 39 Boeing Widebodies

Singapore Airlines has signed a firm order with Boeing for twenty 777-9s and nineteen 787-10s after settling on plans for fleet growth and route development over the next decade, the airline announced Monday. The signing took place at the White … Continue reading

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"Science Takes Flight" at Bullhead City Junior High

BULLHEAD CITY — Hundreds of students at Bullhead City Junior High were able to spend some time Monday learning how “Science Takes Flight” through interactive physics. The more appropriate term might be a shorter word: “active.” Students were gleefully launching … Continue reading

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Suwannee Hulaween 2017 || Set Times, Festival Map, & More!

Photo Credit: Keith Griner Suwannee Hulaween 2017 Set Times, Festival Map, More! With less than a week until we are back in beautiful Spirit of Suwannee Music Park for the fifth installment of Suwannee Hulaween, and we here at EDM … Continue reading

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Local News

The Grants Pass City Council will meet for their weekly workshop and convene a special Council Meeting in Executive Session Monday, beginning at 11:45am in Council Chambers at 101 NW A Street. Councilors will address the recreational use of drones … Continue reading

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Industrial Base Too ‘Brittle’ For Big War: Dunford

A rare color photo of workers assembling B-25 bombers during World War II. CAPITOL HILL: Is the arsenal of democracy out of business? Probably not, but America’s “increasingly brittle industrial base” may not be able to sustain our forces in … Continue reading

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