Monthly Archives: April 2017

10 Fate of the Furious Plot Holes That Only Make the Movie Better

The longer the Fast Furious franchise has gone on, the more superhuman its characters have become. Early in the series, a car crash might actually kill a character. (The life and death stakes were in the ‘speed’ part of the … Continue reading

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KFC Winged Aircraft Actually Flies | Hackaday

[PeterSripol] has made an RC model airplane but instead of using normal wings he decided to try getting it to fly  using some KFC chicken buckets instead. Two KFC buckets in the place of wings were attached to a motor which spins the buckets … Continue reading

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Verify: Is Sacramento County allowed to ban drones from parks?

We’re following up on a story we first reported Tuesday, when Sacramento County’s Board of Supervisors voted to ban drones from county parks.  The change took effect immediately. And it had us wondering, is the county allowed to do that?  … Continue reading

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​Drones banned at Sacramento County parks

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — Drones are now banned from Sacramento County regional parks. It’s an update to a 1971 ordinance that only mentioned “flying model airplanes.” Since they weren’t around during that time, the county wants to make it … Continue reading

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Drone hobbyists face new restrictions

Mike McHugh The open skies over Onslow County just became more restrictive.  A Federal Aviation Administration directive addressing “national security concerns” about unmanned aircraft — commonly referred to as drones — over 133 military facilities in the United States takes … Continue reading

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Drone hobbyists face new restrictions

Mike McHugh The open skies over Onslow County just became more restrictive.  A Federal Aviation Administration directive addressing “national security concerns” about unmanned aircraft — commonly referred to as drones — over 133 military facilities in the United States takes … Continue reading

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Palestinian Authority suspends ties with UN agency for creating a less hateful curriculum

  A French-Italian airplane manufacturing company signed an agreement Thursday to sell Iran Air at least 20 aircraft, the Associated Press reported, despite Iran’s continued use of civilian aircraft to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The European … Continue reading

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