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Vehicle models to help connect vets to their military pasts

Louis Winkelmann, Kearney Hub Military vehicle model collection Jim Anderson, left, and Tim Kingsley are displaying their combined model collection of military vehicles during Friday morning’s Veterans Day Breakfast at the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege. Both men hope their … Continue reading

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Boeing races to keep up with Airbus on single-aisle-jet production

Airbus is pushing to churn out single-aisle jets at an unprecedented pace — 60 airplanes every month — and Boeing seems determined to match it. Many analysts and suppliers, concerned at the potential for a downturn ahead in the booming … Continue reading

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Regulators Examine Tight Airline Seating in an Evacuation

Oklahoma City If it is harder to get into an airline seat, does that mean it is harder to get out of the plane in an emergency? Probably not, researchers say. But it turns out no one knows for sure … Continue reading

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Catching a lift on a private plane

Media captionPilot John Zarno talks about why he signed up Taking a private aircraft can be a surprisingly cheap way of travelling. The flight I took from the small aerodrome of Benavente, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, to Braga, a … Continue reading

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FAA’s plan to register drones doesn’t fly in North Texas

Sitting in his garage, surrounded by fuselages and wings of model airplanes, a small, four-prop drone on his workbench, Ed Couch is a guy in a four-foot hover. Couch can’t believe what the federal government recently announced: That it wants … Continue reading

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F/A-18 Depots See 40-Percent Increase In Productivity After Adapting New Work …

Sailors perform maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet from the Romans of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in April 2013. US Navy photo. The Navy’s aviation depots have seen … Continue reading

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GE creative director Andy Goldberg on ‘Fallonventions’ and going beyond native …

General Electric, the multinational, multi-industry conglomerate that creates everything from aircraft parts to MRIs, has made enormous strides in native content and advertising. Not satisfied with being just a gigantic manufacturer, GE’s diverse suite of content marketing initiatives highlight the … Continue reading

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