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Flight enthusiasts enjoy experimental fly-in, model competition

Photograph by Linda KC Reynolds Serious business — Brodie Long, an engineer for The Spaceship Company builds model planes with his children Nora and Mike during Mojave’s Indoor RC and Glider Fly-in competition. Growing up in Oklahoma, Long said it … Continue reading

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Day: April 14, 2017

Python is the Arduino of software projects. It has a critical mass of libraries for anything from facial recognition and neural networks to robotics and remote sensing. And just like Arduino, I have yet to find the killer IDE for Python. … Continue reading

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WATCH: Passengers enjoy flight ‘back in time’ over Savannah in restored 1929 Ford Tri-Motor

Eight excited passengers crowded around pilot Ashley Messenger on Thursday, eyes beaming. With a grin, the retired pilot explained the safety precautions necessary for the flight they were about to take — proper seatbelt fastening method, no smoking, a typical … Continue reading

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Thunder Over Louisville features UPS plane with all-female crew – The Courier

CLOSEx Embed x Share What you need to know about Thunder 2017. Rachel Aretakis/Courier-Journal Buy Photo Maintenance Supervisor Lornna Ruble poses in front of a UPS 757 Boeing, the same type of plane that will be used during Thunder Over … Continue reading

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Boeing SC’s first 787-10 takes flight in North Charleston

Updated: Monday, April 3, 2017, 12:30 p.m. For the first time ever, a new Boeing jet was first flown out of South Carolina when the new 787-10 Dreamliner took to the sky on Friday. The 787-10 Dreamliner was built from … Continue reading

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F-35: The next step in air superiority

CLOSEx Embed x Share Col. Randal Efferson, commander of the 187th explains why they are in the top 5 to get the new F-35 jet. Rebecca Burylo/Advertiser AF-4, Flt 85, Maj Steven “Whitey” Spears, Preformance 3, STR, 10 Dec 20113 … Continue reading

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Boeing looks to trim costs with first ever 3-D printed plane structure

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