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Paper planes get laser liftoff - Physics - research on using lasers to power airplanes - Brief Article
One way to make airplanes fly exceptionally far and fast may be to get rid of their fuel and engines. That may sound outlandish, but powerful lasers ......(Continue Reading) Fantastic frequent flyers - physics and stunt flying - includes related information on stunt teacher Dennis James and instructions for making a paper stunt
Stunt pilots use physical forces to control their planes during trick flying. Changing the way air flows over the wings allows them to redirect the forces ......(Continue Reading)Maintenance matters - military airplanes mishaps
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One of the mysteries in defense acquisition has concerned the fate of the Northrop Flying Wing bombers, canceled by the Air Force more than 50 years ......(Continue Reading)A textual vanitas
Day, by Kenneth Goldsmith, Great Barrington, Mass., The Figures, 2003; 836 pages, $20. The challenge that faces every esthetically ambitious artist ......(Continue Reading)
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