Monthly Archives: July 2017

Icon Says A5 Is Ready to Enter Full-Rate Production

After a rough couple of years for Icon Aircraft, the California maker of the A5 light sport amphibian, the company now says it’s ready to turn its attention to high-rate production that should see as many as 200 airplanes produced … Continue reading

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Is model airplane rule unneeded? | Marion County Record | July 27 …

Is model airplane rule unneeded? By PHYLLIS ZORN Staff writer A model aircraft landing strip recently completed at Marion County Lake technically violates a Federal Aviation Administration rule regarding model airplanes within five miles of an airport. Under FAA rules, … Continue reading

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A Bike Ride Through Wright Brothers Territory

They came up with some of their best ideas while cycling along Dayton’s back roads, Orville on his new Columbia “safety” bicycle (with two small wheels of equal size) and Wilbur on a more modest used model. Wilbur took leisurely … Continue reading

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Boeing churns out cash as 737, 787 production runs smoothly

Boeing squeezed more cash out of its 787 Dreamliner jet program during the second quarter, handed billions of dollars back to shareholders and raised its profit forecast. As for the company’s work force in the Puget Sound area, Chief Executive … Continue reading

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Aviation enthusiasts find home in Brussels countryside

Buy Photo Jan Eggenfellner of Edgewater, Fla., arrives at Crispy Cedars Airfield on Saturday in Brussels for an open house. Eggenfellner flies a Super STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) homebuilt airplane.(Photo: Tina M. Gohr/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo BRUSSELS – … Continue reading

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Youth impresses small engines judge

OSWEGO — Labette County Fair 4-H small engines judge Wayne Blaes listened as 16-year-old Lane Manners with the Livestock Challengers 4-H club talked to him about the twin-stroke, air-powered Briggs Stratton motor he created. Manners’ only competition in the category … Continue reading

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Brazilian aircraft takes on an American military icon

Perched in the cockpit of one of the newest military aircraft in the world as it streaks through the sky, I’ve got a front row seat for a Brazilian sales pitch aimed at unseating an American icon. Brazilian aircraft manufacturer … Continue reading

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