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Wisconsin taking legal action against Kestrel

Five years after the loans were made to Kestrel Aircraft, the manufacturing plant hasn’t been built, there are no aircraft manufacturing jobs in Superior and Kestrel — now part of ONE Aviation, headed by Northland aviation mogul Alan Klapmeier — … Continue reading →

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Gear Up: Looking for a New Airplane

Note to readers: What follows could be considered obnoxious. Or maybe it is a cautionary tale. It is a story of a man about to turn 72 who has been flying for 50 years and owned airplanes almost continuously since … Continue reading →

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How to Remember a War Without Glory? – The New York Times

Photographs from the summer and early fall of 1917 include grim-faced soldiers tiptoeing across mud-spanning duckboards or marching past destroyed trees, as well as images of the crumbled Cloth Hall, the very building where they’re now on display. Yet Hurley … Continue reading →

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This Is Why Tesla Is Investing In All-Electric Trucks | Architectural …

Tesla has recently been promoting an all-electric, super-heavy-duty Semi, a full-size cab capable of pulling a tractor-trailer. Long-haul trucking seems like a challenging play for battery electric power given the extreme distances that need to be covered and the unforgiving … Continue reading →

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How to Remember a War Without Glory?

The museum’s contribution to “1917: Total War in Flanders” is an exhibition of photography by Frank Hurley, a captain appointed by the Australian army to document the cratered landscape around Ypres. Hurley was a daredevil — he’d earlier traveled to … Continue reading →

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Boeing’s Smith: Company labored over Dreamliner decision, but in the end market demanded rate increase

Boeing Co.’s decision to boost production of its 787 Dreamliner wasn’t quick or easy, but the aerospace giant’s finance chief said Wednesday it ultimately came down to the plane’s growing strength in the global wide-body market. “It’s a big decision … Continue reading →

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How an American company made a fortune selling bodies donated to science

UNWITTING SUPPLIERS: Gail Williams-Sears says neither she nor her father, who donated his body to Science Care, realized the company could sell his body parts. REUTERS/Chet Strange PHOENIX – In 2008, a thriving company named Science Care Inc developed a 55-page national expansion … Continue reading →

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