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The plane started as a U.S. Army Air Corps trainer in World War II, then got a second life as a crop-duster. In its third life, the biplane twisted, turned and pleased fans of flight as it hawked Red Baron … Continue reading →

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INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Love has had an affinity for aircraft since he was a boy. Growing up on the farm, he and his father flew model airplanes. Now Love, a farm business adviser at Beck’s Hybrids, is learning how UAVs, … Continue reading →

Ellen Sussman / Green Valley News Up and away! Curt Summers’s Gyro 30 lifts off. Up and away! Mike Allen shows off the tiny Nano-Quad, which comes with four motors. If you go Come watch the Quail Creek Remote Control … Continue reading →

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia has turned worse, with an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappearing today over stormy Indonesian waters. There’s been no word on AirAsia Flight 8501’s fate despite … Continue reading →

Like airplanes, some cars have black boxes that record information.(Photo: Thinkstock) Most commercial airplanes have an indestructible flight recorder, also called a “black box” — even though the casing is actually bright orange. Actually, there are two of them: One … Continue reading →