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Foxtrot AlphaTech and news from the world of modern defense.   The Scaled Composites Model 401 is a small, single engine jet that looks just like what the military wants: new a light attack aircraft capable of supporting troops on the … Continue reading →

Some Chinese kite enthusiasts built what could be the world’s first aircraft carrier kite. The kite, made to resemble China’s first domestically produced aircraft carrier, is far smaller than an actual aircraft carrier, but still easily the size of a … Continue reading →

Buy Photo Dawson Utterback, 8, checks out the model airplane collection, put together by the late Bary Poletto, on display at the Great Falls International Airport. (Photo: RION SANDERS, TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS) Bary Poletto was born in Great Falls in May … Continue reading →

CHICAGO — In the days after a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet plunged into Indonesia’s Java Sea last October, company officials said they were moving quickly to update plane software suspected in the crash. Six months and a second Max … Continue reading →

Charles Hess. Courtesy photo Dec. 20, 1931 — April 13, 2019 Charles E. “Charley” Hess, a UC Davis Medal recipient and dean emeritus of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who never took the word “retirement” seriously, died Saturday, … Continue reading →

Aviation Published on April 20th, 2019 by Nicolas Zart 0 April 20th, 2019 by Nicolas Zart  The amount of breakthroughs and progress electric aviation has made this past decade are awe inspiring. We’ve got news practically every day of electric … Continue reading →

MOJAVE — The Mojave Air and Space Port is world-renowned for the innovative aircraft that have been designed, built and tested there, whether by companies such as Scaled Composites or by myriad individuals working in their hangars on their own. … Continue reading →