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The Glenview Park District is considering three locations for a new Naval Air Station Glenview Museum, but the project is not a top priority for the district, officials said. In March 2015, members of the Glenview Hangar One Foundation, a … Continue reading →

At first glance, Rockford doesn’t seem like a place where aerospace would spring up.  Yes, it has an airport, but what morphed this northern Illinois city into a hub for critical aircraft components?    In this case, it was a matter … 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 →

Shunpiking is “use of a side road to avoid the toll on (or the speed and traffic of) a superhighway,” according to Merriam-Webster. To fans of road trips, shunpiking is a celebration of the joy of driving – and of … Continue reading →

Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded on board, while soot was found on the wreckage, an Egyptian-led investigative committee has said. Related: Egypt says flight 804 ‘black box’ fixed … Continue reading →

More than 675 people turned out for the meeting Wednesday night of The Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals, which is comprised of county and city officials from the San Francisco Peninsula and tasked with addressing the airplane noise issue … Continue reading →

EVERETT, Wash.—After a year of meetings with potential customers, Boeing Co. is advancing toward developing an all-new jetliner with up to 270 seats that would target midrange flights of up to 10 hours. The proposed plane would enter service around … Continue reading →