Our friends over at Polk State University (of which our own Eric Crump is the Aerospace Program Director) are continuing to grow their program and announced a new flight training partner in Sunrise Aviation:
Drones continue to be in the news a lot, and this week is not an exception. While drones can provide some great benefits to our society such as search and rescue, crop dusting, and national defense, this new technology can be dangerous in the wrong hands as this video shows.
Connecticut teen flies gun-toting drone. How is this legal? (+video)
Finally this week the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes’ famous “flying boat” built during World War II as a prototype wooden cargo plane, will be staying in Oregon at The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum where it has been for over 20 years. The previous owners, the Aero Club of Southern California had a with dispute Evergreen over a final payment for the plane, which has been settled.
Oregon aviation museum reaches deal to take ownership of Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes’ airplane
