PILOT’S VIEW, THE EARLY TRANSPORT OFFICE
IN AN aircraft transporting passengers and cargo, the pilot’s environment became an office, no longer just a cockpit. This fourth in a series of Pilot’s View looks at two aerial … Continue reading
ENERGY STORAGE IN WEC LMP1-H
HYBRIDS ARE the in thing in this year’s World Endurance Championship LMP1-H; in other words, Le Mans Prototype 1 Hybrid. And a basic requirement of hybrid propulsion—energy storage—is part of … Continue reading
THE SINGING DETECTIVE—WITH A SINISTER OVERTONE
AMERICAN DETECTIVE Richard Diamond may not have the worldwide reputation of England’s Sherlock Holmes, but evidence in the Sacred Canon suggests that Holmes possessed nowhere near Diamond’s golden tones. Diamond … Continue reading
PONO SOUND
THE WORD “pono” is Hawaiian for “righteous,” and a fellow graduate of Worcester Polytech has teamed with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young to return righteous fidelity to … Continue reading
FUEL CELLS AND THE INTERNET
WE OFTEN forget that the Internet is an immense user of energy. What’s more, this is expected to follow a Moore’s Law-like trend of doubling every five years. The good … Continue reading
1928 SANTA ANA MONOPLANE
HOME FIELD for my Microsoft Flight Simulator is Santa Ana, California; formally SNA. (See http://wp.me/p2ETap-20s.) And, sure enough, in the late 1920s there was a Santa Ana Aircraft Company designing … Continue reading
IN PRAISE OF OLD-TIME RADIO
A RECENT article in The New York Times, July 28, 2014, is titled “Sure, You Loved Lucy, but Vintage Has Limits.” In presenting his “Case of Retro TV Overload,” columnist … Continue reading
GOODING & COMPANY 2014 PEBBLE BEACH
MAYBE IT’S a sign of my age, but I seem to resonate with a goodly number of fabulous cars being offered at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions. With some … Continue reading
ARE YOU UNHAPPY? HERE’S NOT WHY, BUT HOW
A RECENT item making the rounds identifies the happiest and unhappiest cities in America. See, for example, http://goo.gl/IQPXNc and http://goo.gl/rskKG2. Superficially, it sounds like one of those social-network personality games: “Which … Continue reading
DR. ROBERT H. GODDARD—FATHER OF AMERICAN ROCKETRY
CELEBRATING, AS we are, the 45th anniversary of our first visiting the moon, we can also give a shout-out to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, rightfully known as the Father of … Continue reading
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