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WAYNESBURG – John Brodak’s dream of building a model airplane museum is cleared for takeoff. Plans construct an addition onto Brodak’s building in Cumberland Township to house the museum for model airplanes received conditional final approval Monday from the Greene … Continue reading →

Benjamin Anderson Soyars III, 37, of Las Vegas, was the instructor pilot who was killed when a single-engine, stunt-ride airplane crashed Saturday near Jean, the Clark County coroner’s office said Monday. Steven Anthony Peterson, 32, of Rohnert Park, California, was … Continue reading →

Ase/Shutterstock The United States leads the world in the number of electric vehicles on the road, but the count is still tiny: about 350,000. That’s less than 1 percent of all passenger cars and trucks in the country. Recent market … Continue reading →

Ase/Shutterstock The United States leads the world in the number of electric vehicles on the road, but the count is still tiny: about 350,000. That’s less than 1 percent of all passenger cars and trucks in the country. Recent market … Continue reading →

For nearly two decades, Boeing Co. and Airbus Group SE have enjoyed a near duopoly making the narrowbody airplanes that have become the workhorses of the global airline industry. A key order for Bombardier Inc.’s CSeries jets last week by … Continue reading →

As has been widely reported, the East Bay Regional Park District’s board of directors has approved a ban on smoking in the regional parklands. The new rule allows smoking only in overnight campsites and nowhere else. It is in effect … Continue reading →

After Charles Lindbergh’s flight in 1927, model aviation started to take off as companies recognized the interest that was taking flight. In the 1940s model airplanes started being built with miniature gas engines and they have only been improving since … Continue reading →