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Ahead of Farnborough Air Show, Boeing’s Conner talks job cuts, Iran and new airplanes

Boeing Commercial Airplanes boss Ray Conner said Sunday in London that though the pace of voluntary job reductions in the Puget Sound region has been slower than expected, job cuts will continue through more voluntary buyouts and should total around … Continue reading →

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Smooth Traveler: Maryland’s Western Shore

By Renée S. Gordon North Beach and Chesapeake Beach are twin bayside beaches. North Beach is located on the northern tip of Calvert County and has a .50-mile boardwalk and 7-block waterfront. The Bayside History Museum places emphasis on the … Continue reading →

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This Ridiculously Detailed Boeing 777 Model Is Made From Manila Folders

Luca Iaconi-Stewart, 24, is a passionate fan of aviation, to put it lightly. He’s spent the last seven years constructing the most detailed model of a Air India Boeing 777 ever, using cut up manila folders as material. His model … Continue reading →

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From cloth to carbon fiber, a timeline of Boeing’s 100-year flight

1903 William Edward Boeing, born in Detroit to a German immigrant named Wilhelm Böing, heads West after his Yale education to make a fortune in the timber industry in Southwest Washington’s Grays Harbor. It’s the year of the Wright brothers’ … Continue reading →

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New wings give ICARUS flight for second neutrino hunt

One of the ICARUS time projection chambers being refurbished at CERN in a clean room. Credit: Max Brice/CERN It’s a big shining box, 4 metres high, 20 metres long: this magnificent detector arrived at CERN 16 months ago and since … Continue reading →

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Radio-controlled WWI model planes to take to the skies Sunday

Posted: Friday, July 8, 2016 9:40 am | Updated: 9:42 am, Fri Jul 8, 2016. Radio-controlled WWI model planes to take to the skies Sunday By Tim LeiningerJournal Inquirer Journal Inquirer | 0 comments Article source: http://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/ellington/radio-controlled-wwi-model-planes-to-take-to-the-skies/article_79dbb64c-4511-11e6-88fb-f74871f35230.html

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PROTO FPGAs Lower the Cost of Prototyping Rad-Tolerant FPGA-Based Systems

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 →

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