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China’s First Large Commercial Passenger Jet, Featuring 3D Printed …
While it took China a little longer to embrace 3D printing technology, once companies across the country started to get on board, nothing could slow them down. Developments have been made in 3D printing with metal and in aerospace 3D printing, … Continue reading
Folded flyers land at Lane
Pixabay.com The most popular belief about when the first paper airplane was flown is attributed to the Chinese, who flew paper airplanes about 2,000 years ago. Two French brothers, Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier, made a hot air balloon out of … Continue reading
Galesburg preparing to lift off for annual Stearman Fly-In – Galesburg Register
By Kylee NorvilleThe Register-Mail GALESBURG — The National Stearman Fly-In is a weeklong event that is unique to Galesburg. It started in 1972 and has transformed from a first-year turnout of a couple dozen planes to an average of more … Continue reading
Court ruling means you no longer have to register consumer drones with the FAA
Drone law is, like the wobbly uncrewed aircraft themselves, hardly settled law. On Friday, the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals overturned an existing rule from the FAA that mandated drone users register in a federal database in an … Continue reading
Microsoft Just Announced the Perfect Small Business Laptop
This one really goes below the surface. At an event in China today, Microsoft announced the new Surface Pro, which will become available on June 15 for $799. (You can already pre-order one.) The new model looks exactly like the … Continue reading
China’s First Large Commercial Passenger Jet, Featuring 3D Printed Metal Parts, Makes Successful Maiden Flight
While it took China a little longer to embrace 3D printing technology, once companies across the country started to get on board, nothing could slow them down. Developments have been made in 3D printing with metal and in aerospace 3D printing, … Continue reading
Model Plane Enthusiast Keeps Aviation Down-to-Earth
CHONGQING, Southwest China — Dismembered remote-controlled airplanes lie strewn across an unmade mattress: a motor glued crudely into an improvised wooden housing, landing gear fashioned out of a metal ruler, and sheets of foam advertising board that will become wings, … Continue reading