Monthly Archives: October 2017

Play and toys make the boys and girls

Walk into nearly any toy store and you have this experience. Strolling the aisles lined with jigsaw puzzles and action figures, model airplanes and plastic dinosaurs, you turn a corner and enter Pinkland. Pink princess dresses and shoes, dolls dressed … Continue reading

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Nearly 200 of America’s F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat

The Pentagon may end up with about 200 F-35s that remain unready for war. Because of defense budget headaches, the money to fix them up is going somewhere else. The Armed Services are presently spending their money on brand new … Continue reading

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NASA technology may reduce airframe noise during landing

NASA photograph by Ken Ulbrich The Landing Gear Noise Reduction fairing was designed to be porous, featuring small holes that allow air to pass through. The design was studied in computer simulations before undergoing model testing, and was ultimately scaled … Continue reading

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Remote controlled planes put on a show

The weather cooperated beautifully for the recent, Midwest RC Pilots Remote Controlled Air Show at Jean Shepherd Center. “I used to work with model planes when I was I high school, and I bought my 8-year-old grandson here to see … Continue reading

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Cuomo touts state investment as Norsk prepares to boost operations …

by Pete DeMola October 17, 2017 5:20 PM Article source: http://www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/the-sun/cuomo-touts-norsk-upgrades/

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Boeing says Bombardier CSeries jets may face hefty duties despite Airbus deal

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Boeing’s future plans threatened by Airbus-Bombardier pact

Airbus’s surprise move to swallow Bombardier’s CSeries airplane program gives it a new small-jet family without spending the billions of dollars it would take to develop one itself. Besides the likely impact of the deal on the Boeing-instigated U.S. trade … Continue reading

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