Author Archives: Writer

Eric Berger Here’s a closer look at “Cosmic Girl,” the 747-400 plane that one day may launch rockets. Eric Berger Here’s a closer look at “Cosmic Girl,” the 747-400 plane that one day may launch rockets. Eric Berger The plane … Continue reading →

Denbigh High School Aviation Academy’s wind tunnel is about to get a major lift. The magnet program announced Thursday night at an open house for interested students that it has secured a $58,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation to upgrade the … Continue reading →

HP’s formula for its new Spectre x2 is pretty simple: Clone the look and feel of Microsoft’s popular Surface and sell at a price that heavily undercuts it. But the result is actually a lot more nuanced. By clone, I … Continue reading →

BRENTWOOD — Perched atop a table in Rex Bordwell’s garage is the crown jewel of his collection, a model airplane that was 26 years in the making. The scaled-down and fully operational replica of World War II’s North American B-25B … Continue reading →

When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent states within its former domain inherited enormous stockpiles of weapons the Red Army left behind. One of the most interesting cases involved the air force of the tiny former … Continue reading →

3-D printing, the process of printing a tangible structural element, is common within a variety of fields: you can find it in dental replacements, artificial hip-joints but also for manufacturing tools. Until now, parts manufactured using 3-D technology have been … Continue reading →