Tag Archives: model airplane parts

OXFORD — The scene at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport on Monday was typical of a weekday afternoon: A smattering of single-engine planes lined of the compact runway; a few took off at near 20-minute intervals. But at the end of the … Continue reading →

Rick Bowmer/ AP photo It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a spybot! The cops! A package from Amazon! Or one of a growing number of uses for nonmilitary drones, those small, remote-controlled flying machines increasingly hovering overhead.   How … Continue reading →

Hillary Petrozziello Jim Hansen has been in and out of rocketry for 50 years. First you see the signs, yellow with bold, black lettering: “Caution. Rocket launch in progress.” They’re posted at the far end of a black gravel driveway … Continue reading →

We have 3D printed keys, guns and shoes — now a research team at the University of Virginia has created a 3D printed UAV drone for the Department of Defense. In the works for three years, the aircraft, no bigger than a remote-controlled plane, can carry … Continue reading →

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Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, right, says it’s the military’s fault spare parts weren’t stripped from a transport plane when it was decommissioned. Article source: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/military-should-have-stripped-plane-before-it-went-to-museum-minister

Canada’s search-and-rescue system is being held together by “tape and baling wire,” say experts and opposition critics, after revelations that the Royal Canadian Air Force had to raid an old Hercules airplane at a museum for parts. The Citizen reported Monday … Continue reading →