Monthly Archives: May 2019

Fliers plan to avoid Boeing 737 Max jets for a year or more, Barclays survey concludes

Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are parked on the tarmac at the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., in March. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Aaron Gregg May 7 at 9:56 PM In the weeks since Boeing 737 Max jets were grounded worldwide following a … Continue reading

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O-level reform: Lemoore strike fighter squadrons returning more jets to flight line

Navy photograph by POC Shannon Renfroe Two Navy Super Hornet squadrons at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., have reduced maintenance turnaround times and are boosting aircraft readiness as part of naval aviation’s maintenance reform initiatives under the Naval Sustainment System. … Continue reading

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Adam Savage’s definitive guide to every kind of glue

Cyanoacrylate (CA) Often referred to by the brand name Krazy Glue, this class of glue, cyanoacrylate, is the soul of the special effects industry. It was originally formulated as emergency battlefield sutures during the Vietnam War and I know model … Continue reading

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After 900% Increase In 2018, Airline Fatalities Rising Again

This image taken from a video distributed by Russian Investigative Committee on Sunday, May 5, 2019, shows the Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire, at Sheremetyevo airport, outside Moscow, Russia. At least 40 people died when an Aeroflot … Continue reading

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At least 3 pets were aboard a plane that skidded into a river. Now they’re presumed dead.

Deanna Paul Marisa Iati Ian Shapira May 5 at 6:00 PM Navy divers on Sunday began recovering numerous containers holding the corpses of cats and dogs that drowned in the forward cargo area of the Miami Air International charter flight … Continue reading

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The Tesla Autopilot Model Of Autonomous Flight

The cockpit of a Boeing 737 commercial jet. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg © 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP Retired fighter pilot Paco Chierici has flown F-14s and F-5s for the US Navy, Boeing 737s, 757s, 767s, and the Airbus 330 for Delta … Continue reading

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Deadly plane emergency landing today: 41 killed when Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by Aeroflot lands in Russia

Moscow — Russia’s transportation minister said Monday 41 bodies have been recovered from the burned wreckage of an Aeroflot plane at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Yevgeny Dietrich also told reporters six of the people who survived the disaster Sunday night have … Continue reading

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