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Indonesian jet crash victim’s family sues Boeing

The family of an Indonesian man killed in a Lion Air jet crash is suing Boeing, alleging that the accident may have been caused by a problem with the flight-control system in its newest 737 plane. The father of Rio … Continue reading

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Russian launch clears way for resuming crew flights to space station

A Russian Soyuz FG rocket, identical to one that malfunctioned during launch last month and forced a space station-bound crew to execute a dramatic abort, successfully boosted a cargo ship into orbit Friday. The launch clears the way for resumption … Continue reading

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Airline Pilots Raise Training Concerns About Boeing’s 737 Max

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. Pilots accuse Boeing of downplaying changes to a critical system made in the newest version of the popular 737, which may have played a role in last month’s fatal crash in Indonesia. … Continue reading

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PowerUp Dart: Turn paper into a remote-controlled plane from your smartphone

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Neil A. Busis, MD, FAAN

ARTICLE IN BRIEF Figure Neil A. Busis, MD, FAAN, has flown all types of WWII planes, and once passed himself off as press (as an 18 year old) to see the Apolo 11 space mission launch up close. Here he … Continue reading

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Boeing guidelines on 737 max stall protection system under fire

Boeing failed to communicate with 737 Max operators new procedures for addressing cases in which the airplane’s automatic stall prevention system commands the nose of the airplane downward. This, potentially resulting the kind of steep dive that appears to have … Continue reading

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Prepping for drone exploration of Mars

(for more about Power Words, click here) aerial     Of or taking place in the air. aerospace     A research field devoted to the study of Earth’s atmosphere and the space beyond or to aircraft that travel in the atmosphere and space. air pressure     The force … Continue reading

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