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Ready for takeoff: Arizona Model Aviators to share passion for flight at fall …
For most members of one Mesa aviation club, flying has been a lifelong pursuit – all without sitting in a pilot’s seat. John Mangino is vice president of the Arizona Model Aviators, a model aeronautics club based in Mesa. “We’re … Continue reading
Federal Way students teach about airplanes at India school
Two Federal Way students recently attended a remote school in Nagappatinam, India that was established to provide an education to children who were some distance away from government schools. The Rotary Club built the school after the 2004 Indonesian tsunami … Continue reading
Taking to the sky on vintage wings
OXFORD — The scene at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport on Monday was typical of a weekday afternoon: A smattering of single-engine planes lined of the compact runway; a few took off at near 20-minute intervals. But at the end of the … Continue reading
Flight Fight
Rick Bowmer/ AP photo It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a spybot! The cops! A package from Amazon! Or one of a growing number of uses for nonmilitary drones, those small, remote-controlled flying machines increasingly hovering overhead. How … Continue reading
Tiny Humanoid Robot Learning to Fly Real Airplanes
As much trouble as humanoid robots are to build and control, we keep on trying to make it work because it’s easiest to operate in a human environment if you can do the same things that a human can. There … Continue reading
A small group of amateur rocket scientists keep their fizzling hobby alive
Hillary Petrozziello Jim Hansen has been in and out of rocketry for 50 years. First you see the signs, yellow with bold, black lettering: “Caution. Rocket launch in progress.” They’re posted at the far end of a black gravel driveway … Continue reading
Military-grade drones can now be 3D printed
We have 3D printed keys, guns and shoes — now a research team at the University of Virginia has created a 3D printed UAV drone for the Department of Defense. In the works for three years, the aircraft, no bigger than a remote-controlled plane, can carry … Continue reading