Monthly Archives: April 2019

Boeing 737 Max: What happened when one US pilot asked for more training

A pilot for a US airline told managers months before October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia that he was uncomfortable with the level of training he had received before he was scheduled to fly the Boeing 737 Max for the … Continue reading

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Airport Open House on April 20

Have you wanted to learn how to fly an airplane yourself, or does aviation interest you? Be sure to stop by the Lakeview Airport’s Open House. The Oregon Outback Aviators Flying Club invites you to attend the Saturday, April 20 … Continue reading

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The Ghoul, aka legendary ’70s TV horror host Ron Sweed, has died

Buy Photo Ron Sweed made a career in bad taste. (Photo: John Collier, Fawn Bifoss, Detroit Free Press) Ron Sweed, the horror host who became a hit on early 1970s Detroit TV in a haze of firecrackers, absurdist humor and the never-ending … Continue reading

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Here’s Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come

The Navy’s major investments in the Block III Super Hornet also make Boeing “optimistic” about future foreign sales. The planned American purchases have “certainly given a lot of confidence to international customers,” Gillian said. Kuwait, which has 22 F/A-18Es and … Continue reading

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Here’s What Was on the Record About Problems With the 737 Max

As mentioned in two previous reports—a long one, and a short one—some things are known, and many are not, about the horrific crash this past weekend outside Addis Ababa, in which all 157 people aboard a new-model Ethiopian Airlines 737 … Continue reading

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MIT Engineers Demonstrate a New Kind of Airplane Wing

New way of fabricating aircraft wings could enable radical new designs, such as this concept, which could be more efficient for some applications. Image: Eli Gershenfeld, NASA Ames Research Center A team of engineers has built and tested a radically … Continue reading

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All aircraft business, and some fun, too – News

Article Tools     PHOTO/YVES ENYARD Chris Murley flies his custom-built plane. Corey Wilsey works on a plane at Griggs Aircraft Refinishing. Article source: http://www.wcexaminer.com/news/all-aircraft-business-and-some-fun-too-1.2465490

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