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Drones to deliver drugstore items in the Mission?

Follow @csaid This is not the QuiQui drone. This one carried a camera near the New York building explosion in Harlem on March 12. Reuters/Mike Segar For one brief shining moment, commercial drones are now legal in U.S. skies, thanks … Continue reading

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Giants gathering

Dozens of radio control model airplanes will take flight this weekend in northwest Cape Coral. The 20th Annual Gathering of the Giants, hosted by the Cape Coral R/Sea Hawks flying club, is set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday … Continue reading

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US warnings on Boeing safety applied to missing Malaysia Airlines plane

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Administrative law judge rules camera-equipped model airplanes are cleared for …

HIGHLIGHTS: A ruling by an administrative law judge punches a hole through the FAA’s ban on the unlicensed use of commercial drones. The decision may be significant for ongoing discussions in Congress and in Indian Country about drone regulation. Model … Continue reading

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Dover base could lose aircraft in new budget

Delaware Air National Guard Base servicemen walk out to the flight line to meet returning servicemen from the 166th Airlift Wing in New Castle on July 7, 2013.(Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL) Dover Air Force Base, home to the service’s … Continue reading

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Daher-Socata intros TBM 900

Aerodynamics and performance The first area was the engine air intake and plenum chamber. Turbulent flow existed on the right side of the intake plenum, just aft of the air intake lip. By narrowing and slightly canting the intake, and … Continue reading

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The Malaysia Airlines Mystery: What We Do and Don’t Know

March 11, 2014 THE DISAPPEARANCE of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is getting stranger by the minute. Reports now say that military authorities tracked the missing plane for nearly 500 miles after contact was lost with air traffic control. I hate … Continue reading

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