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The Chicago-based company delivered an industry record of 762 airliners a year ago, far ahead of the 635 planes Airbus shipped. Deliveries are seen by many as a truer reflection of the state of the market and health of an … Continue reading →

Elon Musk has confirmed that the Falcon 9 rocket his firm landed last month has successfully completed a test firing with almost no problems. Conducted hold-down firing of returned Falcon rocket. Data looks good overall, but engine 9 showed thrust … Continue reading →

Dr. Albert Woo held the tiny skull in his hands, turning it over and studying its imperfections. There was too much bone around the nose. The right eye socket was out of place. The reconstructive facial surgery would have to … Continue reading →

Bionic Partition from David Benjamin on Vimeo. A full-sized piece of the partition. Finding strong but lightweight materials and structures is a key design challenge for aeronautics firms trying to shrink the carbon footprint of jet travel. This project was … Continue reading →

Bill Carpenter, left, with Ben Muggeo at the Lansing Writers’ Group about two years ago.(Photo: PROVIDED PHOTO) If you look at the Hangar Playfair Theatre website, you might get the mistaken impression the theater began in 1975, but it actually … Continue reading →

News Record ‘Brave, brave’ pilot dies in crash A plane carrying medical specimens for LabCorp crashed Jan. 16, 2013, in Burlington. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its report on the crash this week, citing spatial disorientation as the probable … Continue reading →

Bill Cloyd provides a hands-on demonstration of mechanical advantage to field trip students as they load G-Force, the bungee powered mini-rollercoaster built years before as an engineering project by students at West Jessamine High School. Across pockets of the Bluegrass … Continue reading →