Monthly Archives: May 2019

Dream takes flight: McKelvey says flying homemade plane ‘best feeling you could imagine’

When Rush McKelvey was building and flying radio-controlled model airplanes as a boy, he dreamed of building and flying a real one. At 33, McKelvey earned his private pilot’s license and set out making his dream come true. In 2011, … Continue reading

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Kitty Hawk, Flying Cars, and the Challenges of ‘Going 3D’

On the day I make the long, traffic-clogged drive from Berkeley to Mountain View to meet Sebastian Thrun, Kitty Hawk’s CEO, it’s supposed to rain. Thrun meets me in the lobby, says hello, and notices my umbrella. He asks me … Continue reading

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10 Models That Are About to Hit the Market

The pace of new aircraft development continues to stimulate a great deal of interest in the next generation of business aircraft featuring improved performance, enhanced technology and cabin creature comforts that airplane buyers covet. While several new models — including … Continue reading

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Lucien Thomas Lenhart Jr., 75

Lucien Thomas Lenhart Jr., 75, of Middletown, Del., and formerly of Millsboro, Del., passed away in the care of Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., on April 24, 2019. He was born in 1944 in Milford, Del., to the late Lucien … Continue reading

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Jerrie Cobb Passed Astronaut Tests but NASA Kept Her Out of Space

In 1960, Jerrie Cobb was rapidly becoming a celebrity. Already a veteran pilot at age 29, she aced a battery of tests given to women eager to join the men already jostling for trips to space. To check her sense … Continue reading

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Returning more jets to the flight line | Local

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A Mother’s Promise: Against All Odds, Butler Senior is Ready to Graduate

The Alumni Association has announced Butler University’s Top 100 students, honoring the top juniors and seniors for the 2017–2018 academic year. The list is below, and Butler Collegian coverage is here. The Top 100 students are determined by the Top 100 … Continue reading

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