Monthly Archives: March 2014

Facebook Inc (FB) news: Facebook: Mini-Aircraft Are Ready To Launch

Facebook (FB) remains in the news, sometimes because of its acquisitions that surprise the whole tech world and other times for the regulatory breaches or the privacy probes against it. Whatever the reason, it cannot be denied that Facebook is … Continue reading

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Administrative law judge rules camera-equipped model airplanes are cleared for …

HIGHLIGHTS: A ruling by an administrative law judge punches a hole through the FAA’s ban on the unlicensed use of commercial drones. The decision may be significant for ongoing discussions in Congress and in Indian Country about drone regulation. Model … Continue reading

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The One Use of Drones Everyone Can Agree on, Except for Poachers

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The mystery of flight MH370: other planes that vanished

THE disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has gripped the public imagination. Unanswered questions such as why passengers’ phones continue to ring, and why the aircraft apparently executed a U-turn before it disappeared have deepened the mystery. But this is … Continue reading

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Dover base could lose aircraft in new budget

Delaware Air National Guard Base servicemen walk out to the flight line to meet returning servicemen from the 166th Airlift Wing in New Castle on July 7, 2013.(Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL) Dover Air Force Base, home to the service’s … Continue reading

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Pilot of missing Flight MH370 trained in the Philippines – report

The head pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 trained for a while in the Philippines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 52, reportedly studied aviation at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Aviation School in … Continue reading

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Daher-Socata intros TBM 900

Aerodynamics and performance The first area was the engine air intake and plenum chamber. Turbulent flow existed on the right side of the intake plenum, just aft of the air intake lip. By narrowing and slightly canting the intake, and … Continue reading

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