Monthly Archives: April 2019

Community news and events for April 11 and beyond – News – Ocala.com

Student media The 18th annual “Marion County Student Media Festival” will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at Marion Technical Institute auditorium, 1614 E. Fort King St., Ocala. The festival will showcase work created by video production students throughout Marion County … Continue reading

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Boeing shareholder files class-action lawsuit, alleges plane maker concealed 737 Max safety risks

Aviation officials around the world have benched Boeing’s 737 Max since two catastrophic crashes. A shareholder has filed a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Chicago company of concealing the plane’s problems. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Hamza Shaban April 10 at 10:37 AM … Continue reading

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Boeing’s 737 Max: 1960s Design, 1990s Computing Power and Paper Manuals

The Max also lacked more modern safety features. Most new Boeing jets have electronic systems that take pilots through their preflight checklists, ensuring they don’t skip a step and potentially miss a malfunctioning part. On the Max, pilots still complete … Continue reading

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Physicists Have Invented an Airplane Toilet That’s Twice As Quiet

The ridiculously loud toilets on airplanes rely on vacuum-assisted technology that hasn’t improved in 25 years — but now there’s been a breakthrough. A group of physicists at Brigham Young University spent two years (and “thousands of flushes”) developing an … Continue reading

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Today in history: Boeing’s most popular model, the 737, first took flight

Click through to take a peek at Boeing’s 737 over the years. Click through to take a peek at Boeing’s 737 over the years. Article source: https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Boeing-737-history-Lion-Air-Next-Generation-jet-13754382.php

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Japanese F-35 fighter crashes into the Pacific

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ERAU prof teaches students to find answers in airline tragedies – Daytona Beach News

Standing among a heap of twisted metal and mangled wires, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University associate professor Anthony Brickhouse explained the science behind aircraft accident scene investigation. His venue: an aircraft graveyard off Clyde Morris Boulevard that houses the wreckage of four actual fatal … Continue reading

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