10 Of The Worst-Looking Planes To Ever Hit The Sky
Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...
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Planes receive mysterious false midair collision alerts near Reagan National Airport
Several flight crews reported the mystery alerts on their Traffic Collision Avoidance System, known as TCAS, on Saturday “indicating another aircraft was nearby when no other aircraft were in ...
Mental Floss25d
Why Are Some Flags Painted Backwards on Airplanes?
One should never, for example, let the flag touch the ground. Yet some airplanes appear to violate proper flag standards by depicting it backwards on the aircraft, with the canton, or star-filled ...
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Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?
Just minutes from touching down, the aircraft's essential Global Positioning System (GPS) suffered an unexplained interference, triggering an emergency diversion. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had ...
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Carbon Fiber And Balsa Wood Bat For Guaranteed Homeruns
We made the "world's lightest bat" with carbon fiber and balsa wood bat for guaranteed homeruns.
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Jets scramble to confront civilian planes in Mar-a-Lago’s restricted airspace
The North American Aerospace Defense Command was forced to send out jets Saturday when three civilian planes flew over Mar-a-Lago in the space of two hours. Ever since President Donald Trump took ...
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NORAD F-16 intercepts 3 planes breaching no-fly zone near Mar-a-Lago
PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A NORAD F-16 aircraft escorted three civilian planes after they breached a temporary no-fly zone over Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. Around noon, North American Aerospace ...
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Four Helena Area schools compete in balsa wood bridge building competition
Some students' mini balsa wood bridges held over three hundred pounds. But more than winning and skills in the classroom, students are taking many lessons with them. One competitor, Haiden Hill ...
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What Flaps on an Airplane Do: They Don’t Just Push Upward
Airplanes that approach at idle power ... What separates an airfoil from a flat sheet of paper or balsa wood is the shape of its nose. Once a flat sheet’s angle of attack exceeds a few degrees ...
The Conversation27d
The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how chemistry and physics make flying a more uplifting experience
As a mechanical engineer who studies frost growth and water droplets on surfaces, I have come to appreciate the importance of deicing planes. Indeed, deicing is an important safety step performed ...
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No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt
Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens A general strike in Greece on Friday ...
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Two Planes, in Washington and Chicago, Abort Landings to Avoid Collisions
WASHINGTON — Within the span of 90 minutes Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, were forced to abort ...