Monthly Archives: May 2019

Many Memorial Days later, remembering a brave Murrayite

By Shaun Delliskave | [email protected] Something was unusual about the skilled Murray pilot’s descent onto the Espiritu Santo runaway, as the Marine’s TBF Avenger seemed to just drop. Lieutenant Paul Kezerian had flown in difficult situations before during World War … Continue reading

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Moschino Spring 1994 Ready-to-Wear Collection

In anticipation of the upcoming Costume Institute exhibition, “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” we’ve digitized collections from which pieces were selected for the show or catalog. This collection, Franco Moschino’s last, was presented on October 3, 1993, at the Teatro Nazionale … Continue reading

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Bookmark: We want your stories about lending (and borrowing) books

A week or two ago I read a terrific book. (“Binstead’s Safari,” a reissue of a 1983 novel by Rachel Ingalls.) And as always happens when I finish a terrific book, I immediately inflicted it on someone. In this case, … Continue reading

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Boom or bust, Seattle is a city of big ideas

The government cut back on defense contracts. Boeing was counting on developing ­a Super Sonic Transport, the SST, but Congress killed it in 1971. Some 60,000 Boeing jobs in all were eliminated, about two-thirds of the workforce of the largest … Continue reading

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O-Level Reform: Lemoore Strike Fighter Squadrons Returning More Jets to Flight Line – Seapower

F/A-18E Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 136 “Knighthawks” fly in formation during a photo exercise over the California coast. The Knighthawks are an operational U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, and are attached … Continue reading

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This Is the First Plane in History to Fly Without Wing Flaps

We’ve detected unusual activity from your computer network To continue, please click the box below to let us know you’re not a robot. Article source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-02/drone-makes-first-flight-guided-by-air-jets-instead-of-flaps

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Hit the Town

Nothing rousts locals like talk of a new spot to eat, hang out, watch the game, and grab a drink. Town Bar Grill, located where the old Grill on Main used to be, landed in Edgartown over the winter, and … Continue reading

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