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Ask the Captain: Safety risks from lithium ion batteries – WKYC
Question: Battery issues on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were in the news a few years ago, but there has been little information on the changes that were made and why Boeing now feels the problems have been addressed. What are … Continue reading
This fighter pilot flew the last mission over Japan in WWII. Then he learned to love his enemy.
By Marwa Eltagouri | Washington Post It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito refused to surrender. Capt. Jerry Yellin, an American fighter pilot, was … Continue reading
Milford Pearl Harbor survivor recalls planes, waffles
Scott Calzolaio MetroWest Daily News @scottcaz MILFORD – On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the Davey household on Ford Island in Hawaii smelled of fresh waffles accompanied by the light laughter of Thomas and his brother playing innocently in … Continue reading
Paramount’s AHRLAC ramps up production | defenceWeb
On a wall of the AHRLAC production facility at Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria, there is a quote from Albert Einstein. “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” reads the quote. A lot of imagination and daring have gone into the AHRLAC … Continue reading
Bombardier hopes to deepen Airbus relationship by making parts for its planes at Belfast plant
Bombardier Inc.’s plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, aims to become a supplier to Airbus SE following the European giant’s investment in the Canadian company’s C Series plane. The U.K. aero-structures factory, which employs more than 4,000 people, currently makes carbon-fiber … Continue reading
Bob Seidemann, who shot iconic images of Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, dies at 75
He photographed Janis Joplin wearing nothing but beads. He also once captured the members of the Grateful Dead looking jaunty in black as they stood in front of a row of cookie-cutter houses in a Bay Area suburb. Bob Seidemann, … Continue reading
Close to Home: A new kind of light this year
For more than 20 years, a small group of families from our synagogue has gathered to light the Hanukkah candles. My family hosted the celebration for many of these years, which included a latke-fry, playing dreidel and a heated gift … Continue reading