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The competition in the desert was as fierce as any Southeastern Conference football game; 754 students went down to the wire to fabricate an aircraft strong enough to carry a payload of hockey pucks around a 3,000-foot-long flight course for … Continue reading →

Just days away from its first 737 MAX delivery after a remarkably problem-free development effort, Boeing’s new single-aisle jet program got a nasty jolt when a freshly discovered engine-manufacturing problem prompted it Wednesday to ground the entire MAX fleet. Boeing … Continue reading →

“Everything you see in here flies.” For more information WAAAM: www.waaamuseum.or… Artist Rod Stuart: www.rodneycstuart… That’s how Russel Paddock, volunteer at Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum — better known as WAAAM — began his tour showcasing the museum’s antique … Continue reading →

One man out of Wilbarger County is receiving the FAA’s highest honor…. The Wright Brothers Award. That means several decades of service and Kenzie Meek-Beck was at the Wilbarger County Airport and has more. 85 year old Harlan Screws out … Continue reading →

Just days away from the delivery of Boeing’s first 737 MAX to an airline, on Wednesday a newly discovered engine manufacturing problem inflicted a nasty jolt to the jet program, which until then had enjoyed a remarkably smooth, on-time development. … Continue reading →

Investigators need the public’s help to determine what went wrong moments before a plane crashed at Lake Berryessa. The plane was a single-engine light sport amphibious aircraft. The model hit the market less than two years ago. RELATED: 2 killed … Continue reading →

Jason Webberley watched from the bank Sunday as his son, 9-year-old Landon, rolled, dipped, dove and spun his radio-controlled float plane over Vancouver Lake. Jason grew up flying model planes as a kid, and he brought a few of his … Continue reading →