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The aviation industry accounts for 2 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, which could reach 3 percent by 2050. To defy this version of the future, industry leaders have set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2020 and to halve … Continue reading →

Photo courtesy of Beth Conner 160706_rep_flight_01 Phyllis Romine (left) laughs with pilot Pat Hockett at Cedar Airpark in Olathe. Hockett agreed to take Romine up in her J3 Piper Cub, which is the same style of plane Romine used to … Continue reading →

Most of us boomers and beyond were raised with dial phones, Kodak film cameras, stick shifts, TV antennas and Encyclopedia Britannica. But just looky now. Today, even the most revolutionary technologies become obsolete soon after they appear. A recent Internet … Continue reading →

In April, a group of Finnish farmers outfitted a spindly black drone with a remote-controlled chainsaw and filmed it decapitating snowmen. They called it “Killer Drone.” More formally, it was a DJI S1000. This spring, marine biologists flew a drone … Continue reading →

ARLINGTON — When four students from Wisconsin won the chance to build their own aircraft at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, they didn’t expect to see the debut of the company’s latest aircraft, much less meet U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen. The … Continue reading →

By Susan Larson. Photo provided by the Virginia State Police. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined “[t]he student pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed after takeoff” resulting in an “aerodynamic stall” as the probable cause of the crash … Continue reading →

For the first time in its history, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office will take to the skies in its own aircraft. The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on June 21 unanimously approved the acceptance of a … Continue reading →