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The F.1 Sopwith Camel: The Unruly Stallion of WWI

The Sopwith Camel Would Get Fighter Pilots “A Wooden Cross, the Red Cross, or a Victoria Cross” The featured image of the Sopwith Camels of the U.S. 148th American Aero Squadron at Petite Sythe (today part of Dunkirk), France, on 6 … Continue reading →

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Car-free living better for combatting climate change than home improvements, says study

Quick: What’s the best thing you can personally do to fight climate change? Convert your house to solar, or switch to low-energy appliances? The answer is neither. Both of those solutions pale in comparison to getting rid of your car … Continue reading →

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How GlobalParts grew from a basement to a company with 105 employees

Fourteen years ago, GlobalParts Group started as an aircraft spares and parts distributor at founder Troy Palmer’s home. Today, the company has 105 employees working from its collection of five buildings in Augusta, a facility near Oklahoma City and remote … Continue reading →

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Forget cars, for one Spaniard the autonomous future is forklifts

An engineer watches an ‘Easybot’ mobile robot, also known as an AGV or automated guided vehicle, following a taped line during testing inside the Asti factory in Madrigalejo del Monte, Spain. (Photos by Bloomberg) Madrid: In Burgos, a province in … Continue reading →

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Experimental plane takes to the Monroe sky

x Embed x Share CLOSE Neal Johnson built a Cozy Mark IV from the ground up over a 15 year period. Take a look at the process of building this experimental plane. Ashley Mott Buy Photo The Cozy Mark IV … Continue reading →

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Electric Alice

Eviation’s Orca surveillance drone at 2017 Paris Air Show By Bill Moore Israeli startup Eviation plans to build an all-electric short-haul 9-pax airliner capable of flights up to 600 miles and have it flying by 2020. Interview with co-founder and … Continue reading →

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Livestreaming in China Heads Toward a Blowout

Hi, I’m Christina in Beijing. It’s almost impossible to interview Chinese livestreamers in person without being filmed yourself. After all, novelty is the spice of broadcast. When I met him in a café in Beijing, 24-year-old Xu Jiafeng was wearing … Continue reading →

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