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Math Says Urinals in Planes Could Make Lavatory Lines Shorter for Everyone

With all the insanity on terra firma, you’re forgiven if you missed the 30,000-foot brilliance of this year’s Crystal Cabin Awards—the Only International Award For Excellence in Aircraft Interior InnovationTM. Ladies and gents, it was marvelous: heated floor panels, rentable … Continue reading

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Airport patrons enjoy pancakes, planes

The air around the Elton Hensley Memorial Airport on Saturday morning was filled with the drone of small airplane engines and the scrumptious smell of frying sausage. A healthy crowd turned up to enjoy the hearty breakfast, Kingdom Pilots Association … Continue reading

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Icon of Airmanship

Photo By Joseph Eddins | Museum restoration specialist Casey Simmons paints yellow silhouettes of bombs…… read more read more Photo By Joseph Eddins | Museum restoration specialist Casey Simmons paints yellow silhouettes of bombs representing completed missions on the fuselage … Continue reading

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Long Established, AR Making Headway in Design, Production and Maintenance

Delta Sigma CEO Roger Richardson speaking at AeroDef Manufacturing 2018, in California. Delta Sigma started thinking about augmented reality (AR) in 2005. By January 2008, the company, which designs and builds custom machinery to automate manufacturing and assembly processes for … Continue reading

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Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day

Want to receive this post in your inbox every morning? Sign up here. U.S. and China reach a truce on trade, which may buoy Asian markets; Tesla to sell a $78,000 model as shareholders urged to split chairman’s role from Musk; and FOMC … Continue reading

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James E. Bodi – Channel3000.com – WISC

James E. Bodi, P.E., died at home on May 18, 2018, after living with Parkinson’s Disease for 14 years. Jim was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1937, then moved to Toledo, Ohio. His family lived in the projects, which he … Continue reading

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Zunum Aero strikes deal with JetSuite for debut of hybrid electric airplanes in 2022

An artist’s conception shows Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric airplane in JetSuite’s livery. (Zunum Aero Illustration) Zunum Aero says its first hybrid-to-electric airplanes will wear the colors of JetSuite, a private aviation company that’s a partner of JetBlue Airways. Kirkland, Wash.-based Zunum … Continue reading

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