Monthly Archives: October 2015

KC car fanatic re-creates ‘Back to Future’ time machine and other blasts from …

Like a lot of kids in the ’80s, Matt Kline loved the movie “Back to the Future.” “I was enthralled by it,” says Kline, now a 33-year-old Sugar Creek police captain. “The thought of being able to time travel … … Continue reading

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8 Questions Raised by the FAA’s Decision to Register Every Drone in the US

The Department of Transportation announced today it will require all model aircraft and drone pilots to register their drones with the federal government. It hopes to implement this system by as early as Christmas, and says that those who do … Continue reading

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Can Female Mice Improve Autism Research?

In a lab in Sacramento, California, a wall of plastic boxes lined with corncob bedding holds around 800 mice. Even in this clean and bright room, the smell of so many mice concentrated in one place is overpowering — pungent, … Continue reading

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Kalonzo’s Chopper crashes in Tanzania

Kalonzo’s Chopper crashes in Tanzania BY JAMES MBAKA October 19, 2015 THE Eurocopter that crashed in Tanzania last week killing four occupants, including the captain and a general election candidate, belongs to former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. The Eurocopter AS … Continue reading

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The lessons of Flight MH17, for both Ukraine and Russia

The finding by the Dutch Safety Board last week that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Russian-made missile doesn’t come as a surprise – there was little doubt as to what caused a Boeing 777 carrying 298 … Continue reading

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This 17 Year Old Built a Full-Scale Cessna Cockpit Simulator in His Bedroom

There are very few things in existence as worthy of obsession as flying. Piloting a machine thousands of feet above the assurances of solid ground, bouncing and bobbing along like a boat sailing the sky itself, is the purest pleasure … Continue reading

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MH17 report suggests efforts were made to cover up causes of disaster

The long-awaited Dutch report into the shooting down of flight MH17 suggests attempts were made to cover up the causes of the disaster, including the removal from the crash site of parts of the aeroplane showing severe damage from a … Continue reading

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