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Dream takes flight: McKelvey says flying homemade plane ‘best feeling you could imagine’

When Rush McKelvey was building and flying radio-controlled model airplanes as a boy, he dreamed of building and flying a real one. At 33, McKelvey earned his private pilot’s license and set out making his dream come true. In 2011, … Continue reading

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Kitty Hawk, Flying Cars, and the Challenges of ‘Going 3D’

On the day I make the long, traffic-clogged drive from Berkeley to Mountain View to meet Sebastian Thrun, Kitty Hawk’s CEO, it’s supposed to rain. Thrun meets me in the lobby, says hello, and notices my umbrella. He asks me … Continue reading

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Returning more jets to the flight line | Local

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A Mother’s Promise: Against All Odds, Butler Senior is Ready to Graduate

The Alumni Association has announced Butler University’s Top 100 students, honoring the top juniors and seniors for the 2017–2018 academic year. The list is below, and Butler Collegian coverage is here. The Top 100 students are determined by the Top 100 … Continue reading

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Horizons students present spring projects | Free Content

Horizons Exploratory Academy students presented their spring semester projects Monday evening at the spring “walkabout.” Their efforts covered a wide variety of subjects from mandalas to aeronautics, and each student gave a visual and an oral presentation to visitors at … Continue reading

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Inside the Air Force’s Plan to Revolutionize Pilot Training

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct inaccurate information provided to Military.com describing Air Force secretary Heather Wilson’s visit to Austin. When Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson visited AFWERX’s Pilot Training Next program in Austin, Texas, last year, … Continue reading

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Gets Flight Control Revamp Mandate From FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated that Boeing apply changes to some parts of the 787 Dreamliner. Changes are also expected to be applied to the jet’s flight control software. According to Reuters, the FAA mandate was rolled out … Continue reading

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