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Dassault Aviation recently showcased its flagship Falcon 8X  at ABACE 2017 in Shanghai, and if the success of the 7X in China is any indication, the 8X should do quite well in this market. Dassault already has one 8X under … Continue reading →

Mike Spangler is the nicest Republican I ever met. And the funniest, the most free-spirited. I’m going to miss the dude. We first met in the water, surfing the reefs of Shell Beach. I don’t remember exactly when — sometime … Continue reading →

CLOSEx Embed x Share Peggy Kite is the last member of her generation from the family that built the Baldwin Piano Co. The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar Buy Photo Peggy Wulsin Kite, pictured, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Montgomery, Ohio, is the … Continue reading →

When whiteflies take off, they don’t just spread their wings and fly. Just .03 of an inch long, these tiny insects possess a variety of sophisticated techniques to achieve exceptional stability in the air. Tel Aviv University researchers believe that … Continue reading →

By Judi Brinegar jbrinegar@courier-tribune.com Twitter: @JudiBrinegarCT ASHEBORO — Many aviation and World War II history buffs know the story of Maj. George Preddy. Preddy, who was from Greensboro, was one of the top flying aces during World War II. While … Continue reading →

The longer the Fast Furious franchise has gone on, the more superhuman its characters have become. Early in the series, a car crash might actually kill a character. (The life and death stakes were in the ‘speed’ part of the … Continue reading →

[PeterSripol] has made an RC model airplane but instead of using normal wings he decided to try getting it to fly  using some KFC chicken buckets instead. Two KFC buckets in the place of wings were attached to a motor which spins the buckets … Continue reading →