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Memories of model WWII airplane | News, Sports, Jobs

SHOW ARTICLE –> As I had written before, Dad had purchased a complicated stick model airplane kit for me when I was 6 years old. It was early 1942. World War II had just started for the U.S. The kit, … Continue reading

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A Career Built on Flying Models | airspacemag.com

Subscribe to Air Space Magazine Now This story is a selection from the August issue of Air Space magazine Buy Article source: https://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/career-built-on-flying-models-180972598/

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Take flight! Automating complex design of universal controller for hybrid drones

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has devised a new approach to automatically design a mode-free, model-agnostic, AI-driven controller for any hybrid UAV. The team will present their novel computational controller … Continue reading

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Survivor of three Nazi concentration camps relives history on B-17 flight at Truax Field – Channel3000.com – WISC

PHOTOS: 1945 B-17 bomber plane Copyright 2019 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.  [ +  – ] Copyright 2019 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten … Continue reading

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Are cellphones a flight danger? They are on these Boeing jets, FAA says

U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger cellphones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. More than 1,300 jets registered in the U.S. … Continue reading

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Boeing MAX Problems Put European Vacations in Jeopardy

Ireland’s Ryanair has made a hugely successful business model out of jetting holidaymakers around Europe—to places as farflung as Aalborg and Zaragosa—by sticking to a ruthlessly efficient cost-cutting playbook. Key to keeping operating costs in check came down to a … Continue reading

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Aging Tesla Designs Still Have Spark

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images “There is … Continue reading

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