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Giant-scale model aerobatic airplanes to compete here
Giant-scale model aerobatic airplanes are set to take to the South Florida skies on the weekend of Feb. 28 and Mar. 1. Some 60 pilots from all over Florida and as far north as Canada are set to compete in … Continue reading
Where to build model trains, planes and cars on Long Island
Diesel locomotives pass through the crossing lights on the train tracks set up in Trainland, a hobby shop for trains in Lynbrook, Feb. 14, 2015. (Credit: Esther Horvath) Those who love their model planes, trains and cars find a way … Continue reading
From rust bucket to showpiece: Volunteers are rescuing the first Boeing 747
TWO YEARS AGO, Museum of Flight curator Dan Hagedorn walked through the decaying fuselage of RA-001, the first Boeing 747, frowned and offered a frank assessment: “No museum, anywhere, has ever faced a restoration project of this magnitude,” he said, … Continue reading
James A. Haught: The remarkable journey we have traveled
Look back over your life and count the amazing changes. There was no electricity in Reader, the Wetzel County farm town where I was born in 1932. We had gaslights with fragile mantles that crumbled at a touch, and gas … Continue reading
AMT, parts assembler for Boeing’s Dreamliner, joins Charleston area aerospace …
A key supplier of parts for Boeing Co.’s Dreamliner program, AMT Senior Aerospace, has joined this area’s growing aerospace cluster with an assembly facility in the Crosspoint section of Palmetto Commerce Park in North Charleston. With contractors still putting the … Continue reading
Lighter but More Powerful McLaren 675LT Supercar to Debut in Geneva Motor …
The engineers of McLaren have topped themselves with the development of the McLaren 675LT supercar, which will be officially unveiled in the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. The McLaren 675LT is more powerful than the McLaren 650S supercar and … Continue reading
Researchers create world’s first 3D-printed jet engines
Working with colleagues from Deakin University and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), researchers from Australia’s Monash University have created the world’s first 3D-printed jet engine. While they were at it, they created the world’s second one, too. One … Continue reading