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Microsemi SoC is well known for its wide range of radiation-tolerant FPGA offerings, which include the following: RTSX-SU: High-reliability, rad-tolerant, antifuse-based FPGAs.   RTAX-S: High-performance, high-density, low-power consumption FPGAs that are specifically designed for space applications.   RTAX-DSP: Space-flight FPGAs based on … Continue reading →

Warbirds! It’s time to take flight once again. And for many model plane enthusiasts, getting ready to do this may be just a little different these days. As with so many processes, 3D printing has had a hand here too, … Continue reading →

David Chvatal BondNotre Dame High School Class of 1956 Back in the forties, our family, the Chvatal’s, lived at 112 West 3rd St. in Cresco, next to the Lutheran Church. Just south was the poultry house (I don’t recall its … Continue reading →

Marlborough man builds ‘100-year-old brand new’ WWI airplane engines to order Tony Wytenburg fires up the replica 1915 Gnome rotary aircraft engine he built at his engineering workshop in Blenheim. Tony Wytenburg was always the kid who pulled things apart growing … Continue reading →

So what is it about 2016 that’s spelled a death knell for so many stars? It seems there’s never been a year where so many icons have died in such record numbers, and in such rapid succession. What’s sadder still, … Continue reading →

The aviation industry accounts for 2 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, which could reach 3 percent by 2050. To defy this version of the future, industry leaders have set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2020 and to halve … Continue reading →

Photo courtesy of Beth Conner 160706_rep_flight_01 Phyllis Romine (left) laughs with pilot Pat Hockett at Cedar Airpark in Olathe. Hockett agreed to take Romine up in her J3 Piper Cub, which is the same style of plane Romine used to … Continue reading →