Monthly Archives: June 2018

Hybrid Electric Airliners Will Cut Emissions—and Noise

Jump to Articles in this Section The Struggle to Make Diesel-Guzzling Cargo Ships Greener Methanol-Fueled Cars Could Drive Us Toward an Emissionless Future Editor’s note: On 31 May 2018 a Magnus eFusion electric airplane equipped with a Siemens propulsion system … Continue reading

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How open source supports CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

The 27-kilometre-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) buried beneath the France-Switzerland border near Geneva is best known for helping to prove the existence of the Higgs’ Boson particle – otherwise known as the God particle – crucial to the Standard Model of particle … Continue reading

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Boeing Business Jet (BBJ)

When Boeing and GE Aviation announced the Boeing Business Jet in 1996, they offered customers the opportunity to snatch a factory-fresh 737 airliner for $36 million and have it turned into a bespoke ultra-luxury private globetrotter. For those with sufficiently … Continue reading

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Hearts Broken Over Loss Of Beloved Couple In Hamptons Plane Crash

AMAGANSETT, NY — The enormous outpouring of heartbreak and sorrow after a plane crash off Amagansett Saturday is testament to the Ben and Bonnie Krupinski — a rich legacy of lives spent helping others, to open hearts that spent decades … Continue reading

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Thomas Ellsworth Michaels

Tom Michaels, 74, died peacefully on May 31st, 2018, at Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA with his wife of 37 years, Jenny Michaels, and his family by his side. He was born in Spokane, the son of Earl and … Continue reading

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Roger A. Babcock Sr.

He was born on February 14, 1933 in Willard, Ohio to the late Charles and Lottie (Magill) Babcock and has been a lifelong resident. Mr. Babcock was a graduate of New Haven High School and had worked as an electrician … Continue reading

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Accident Probe: Maneuvering Speed

Text size: A A A Tweet Combining the loads imposed by maneuvering with those encountered in turbulence can exceed structural limits. By Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside | June 4, 2018 Early in our primary training, we encountered the concept of … Continue reading

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