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Wildfires rage in Israel during heatwave

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Firefighters on Thursday battled wildfires that scorched swathes of forests in central Israel, forcing some small towns to be evacuated, during a heatwave that brought record temperatures to parts of the country. Rescue efforts focused on a … Continue reading

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Flashback Friday: the history of air freight

In previous Flashback Friday articles, various aspects of the history of trucking, railroads and shipping have been covered. Today’s article is an overview of the history of air cargo. FreightWaves has three experts covering air cargo/air freight on an ongoing … Continue reading

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History’s Headlines: First Flight – 69News WFMZ

69 News 69 News On the evening of Monday June 19th 1922, the members of the Allentown Radio Club got some exciting news: U.S. Navy Captain Walter Hinton, pilot of the NC-4, the first plane to cross the Atlantic in … Continue reading

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Our Towns: When Libraries Are ‘Second Responders’

Four days later, at the other end of the same journey, the Cirrus parked at its West Coast destination, the Luxivair terminal at San Bernardino airport in southern California. (James Fallows / The Atlantic) The guiding principle of this reporting … Continue reading

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A low-volume, high-mix job shop modernizes its operations

Bending and welding are two main fabrication processes at Alert Tubing Fabricators Inc., Loves Park, Ill. The company augments these with end forming and machining on-site and laser cutting, which it outsources. “You wouldn’t believe how this place looked when … Continue reading

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Model T Driving School In Hood River Sends Students Back To The Past

For many Americans, the glorious annual kick off of summer —  Memorial Day weekend — means jumping in a car. For a small handful of folks in Hood River, Oregon, it means jumping in a car and jumping back in time … Continue reading

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Was pilot error a factor in the Boeing 737 Max crashes?

By Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times In his opening statement Wednesday at the House Aviation subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on the Boeing 737 Max, the lead Republican congressman blamed errors by the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots for the … Continue reading

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