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Industrial Revolution Preserved Through CH2M HILL Donation to Smithsonian
Engineering history is being preserved and catalogued through the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction and operations firm, has donated more than 36,000 "ink on linen" architectural and engineering drawings, and is making a financial donation to support the archiving of...
Legends of the Sky to Premiere at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum's Lockheed Martin IMAX® Theater in March 2009
The Stephen Low Film Emphasizes Aviation History, Milestone Designs, Advanced Production Techniques and Unprecedented Flying Sequences - As the Planes of the Past Set the Stage for the Debut of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A-380 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Building upon the success of more than 150...
Iraqi Bird Study to Help Reduce Aircraft Mishaps
One of the U.S. Air Force's greatest airpower adversaries doesn't wear the uniform of another country; it wears feathers. Both deadly and expensive, aircraft accidents and mishaps caused by collisions with birds have cost the service approximately $35 million each year since 1985, according to USAF...
Fighter prepares to land at Combat Air Museum
By Steve Fry THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A Russian-made fighter aircraft won't be displaying its speed Thursday when it cruises into the Combat Air Museum at Forbes Field. In fact, it won't be moving forward at all. Sporting the name "Ivanka" as nose art,...
Witness to history: U.S. reclaims wiener-wolfin' title.(Adages)
Byline: Ken Wheaton We here at Adages take Independence Day very seriously. We eat lots of charred meat, drink domestic beer, shoot off illegal fireworks and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner'' loudly and off-key at least once. We also try to watch...
Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways Opens at May 26 Chelsea Market Faire
The Michigan Humanities Council MHC kicks off the 2007-2008 Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways tour on Saturday, May 26, at the Chelsea Market Faire, McKune Memorial Library, Chelsea. Key Ingredients is a Smithsonian exhibit depicting our national food culture. Michigan Foodways is a Michigan State University Museum exhibit exploring our...
Mystery, a mass grave and 'Ghosts'
A dark mark mars the history of the Irish in Chester County, and it's linked to a mysterious mass grave in East Whiteland Township called Duffy's Cut. In 1832, 57 Irishmen from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry arrived in Philadelphia to work on a stretch of the Philadelphia and Columbia...
Pathfinder-Plus Solar Aircraft Lands in Smithsonian
To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Alan Brown of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, +1-661- 276-2665, alan.brown@dfrc.nasa.gov; Steven Gitlin of AeroVironment, +1-626-357-9983, gitlin@avinc.com; or Peter Golkin of National Air and Space Museum, +1-202-633-2374, Golkinp@si.edu WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pathfinder-Plus, the pioneering solar-electric flying wing that set several altitude records for propeller-driven aircraft...
Navajo folk art has interesting history
PROVO -- Charlie Willeto was the first of the Navajos to break with tradition and create images of people for sale. Using wood he found in the desert as he herded sheep, including fence posts and old boards, the Navajo shaman or medicine man created a new kind...
A piece of music history
BEFORE AND EVEN after Washboard Slim, many blues fans had never seen anything quite like his unique percussion instrument. Slim, born Robert Young in 1900, built his own two-handed contraption, tricked out with skillets, pot lids, hubcaps, a wood block, cowbell, and taxi horn. He debuted the instrument on a...


