Monthly Archives: June 2014

Why Molly Is Deadly at Music Festivals

One year after 23-year-old Jeffrey Russ died from consuming molly (a slang term for MDMA) at the New York concert Electric Zoo, his Twitter feed stands as an eerie reminder of his final moments. “#GroupTherapy #EZoo” reads his final tweet, … Continue reading

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“Supermodels” — Gigantic Model Planes — to Fly Near St. Louis This Weekend

Ostensibly, the news here is that as many as 100 giant-scale radio-controlled aircraft — with wingspans from 80 inches to 29 feet — will appear at the St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association’s air show in Eureka, Missouri, from June … Continue reading

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Oregon man looking for electric plane financing

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — When aerospace engineer Stephan Boutenko read a magazine article about a Chinese-made electric airplane in 2009, he was impressed with the technology — but knew he could come up with a better design. “I thought, ‘If … Continue reading

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Drone-Passenger Jet Collision? Mystery Clouds A Near Miss

Weeks after a federal regulator first publicly described a near miss between a drone and an airliner, officials and drone enthusiasts are still puzzling over exactly what happened, a mystery that illustrates the challenges in tracking unmanned aircraft in U.S. … Continue reading

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For 99 Smith Vocational graduates, making connections between academics …

Email Print Comments (0) NORTHAMPTON — Caleb Rowe was never one to lose himself in schoolbooks. But he distinguished himself in other ways: a master Lego builder, an able partner in his family’s maple syrup operation in Worthington, a personable … Continue reading

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Warbird Fly-in Buzzes Harts Lake’s Pfeiffer Field

Tom Randall started flying airplanes when he was 8 years old. Back then, he flew what was called a you-control plane, an airplane on a string. Then in 1972, he saw a guy flying a remote-control airplane out behind Fort … Continue reading

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TransAerial uses drone to get film and photography from up above

Email Print Comments (0) MILLERS FALLS — The thing takes off vertically from David Korpiewski’s lawn with a sound like a swarm of bees, streaming video directly to a pair of goggles. The operator sees what the camera sees, in … Continue reading

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