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The One Use of Drones Everyone Can Agree on, Except for Poachers

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The mystery of flight MH370: other planes that vanished

THE disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has gripped the public imagination. Unanswered questions such as why passengers’ phones continue to ring, and why the aircraft apparently executed a U-turn before it disappeared have deepened the mystery. But this is … Continue reading

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Dover base could lose aircraft in new budget

Delaware Air National Guard Base servicemen walk out to the flight line to meet returning servicemen from the 166th Airlift Wing in New Castle on July 7, 2013.(Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL) Dover Air Force Base, home to the service’s … Continue reading

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Pilot of missing Flight MH370 trained in the Philippines – report

The head pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 trained for a while in the Philippines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 52, reportedly studied aviation at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Aviation School in … Continue reading

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Daher-Socata intros TBM 900

Aerodynamics and performance The first area was the engine air intake and plenum chamber. Turbulent flow existed on the right side of the intake plenum, just aft of the air intake lip. By narrowing and slightly canting the intake, and … Continue reading

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Mock trial rivets School Committee

SHIRLEY — Ayer Shirley Regional High School mock trial teacher Peter Gubellini started off the district’s Feb. 4 School Committee meeting with an introduction to his students, who presented a portion of a mock trial for the committee. The previous … Continue reading

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The Malaysia Airlines Mystery: What We Do and Don’t Know

March 11, 2014 THE DISAPPEARANCE of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is getting stranger by the minute. Reports now say that military authorities tracked the missing plane for nearly 500 miles after contact was lost with air traffic control. I hate … Continue reading

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