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Salvatore Joseph 'Joe' DeMarco, artist
Salvatore Joseph "Joe" DeMarco, a commercial artist and former manager of art services for AAI Corp. who was also widely known for his detailed drawings of World War I aircraft, died Friday of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The White Marsh...Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), White Marsh, Glen Burnie, World War I (1914-1918), Henry Ford
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Harford's history making 'birdmen' remembered 100 years later
The story of Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. and his Vin Fiz Flyer isn't just one about flying transcontinental when it seemed to be an impossible feat. And, it isn't just a story about the exploits of a member of a prestigious military family hailing from...Tags: History, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Dining and Drinking, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Outer Banks: hundreds of miles of vacation fun
With more than 300 miles of coastline, the Outer Banks has stretches of sand that are consistently rated among the top beaches in the world — a perfect setting whether you crave an active vacation or a simple barefoot walk along empty beaches....Tags: Natural Resources, Foods and Beverages, Road Transportation, Outer Banks, Drew Carey
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College Park has a prominent place in history of flight
Special To The SunAlmost exactly a century ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first four powered airplane flights in Kitty Hawk, N.C. The longest lasted 59 seconds and carried Wilbur Wright 852 feet. A couple of years later, the U.S. Army was...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities, Orville Wright, Space Programs, Armed Forces
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U.S. troops pummel Guard
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - American forces drove within sight of Baghdad's skyline yesterday after defeating two Iraqi divisions guarding the approach to the capital, U.S. officials said. What appeared to be a rout of some of Iraq's better trained army units, the...Tags: Weaponry, Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Military, Family
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Bombing weakens Taliban for U.S. land attack
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Now comes the hard part in Afghanistan. In the shadows, U.S. and British special operations forces are gearing up to go in on the ground. Citing the need for secrecy, Pentagon officials are reluctant to talk about the prospect of Green...Tags: Weaponry, Kabul (Afghanistan), Curt Weldon, Landforms, Somalia
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Prize lifts would-be spacefarers
Sun National StaffOne in a series of occasional articles LISSIE, Texas - On a rice farm west of Houston, in a pasture littered with cow droppings, Jim Akkerman is immersed in the work of the future. Flanked by industrial gas tanks and wearing a straw hat, he rummages...Tags: Car Engine Repair, Satellite Technology, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Technology
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Model rockets soar on delicate odyssey
Sun StaffTHE PLAINS, Va. - In its three-month odyssey of trial and error, the model rocket code-named R.A.V.E.N. had its share of disasters. After one launch, the rocket burst into flames like the mythical phoenix. Another time, it crash-landed atop a frozen...Tags: Science, CNN (tv network), Middletown, Calvert County, Technology
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Wing flap
Sun StaffThere are those who would have you believe that on Dec. 17, 1903, in the fishing village of Kitty Hawk, N.C., two men with a penchant for starched white collars and bowler hats did not solve the age-old riddle of human flight. Those first-flight tales by...Tags: Science, Hospitals and Clinics, Edgar Allan Poe, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Technology
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Wrights saw airplanes as tools of peace
Sun StaffWe think of war and we think of airplanes. But when Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplane a century ago, they did not envision massive aerial bombardments of "shock and awe." In fact, the Ohio brothers once thought their invention would become...Tags: History, Engineering, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, James Tobin
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Baghdad pummeled by air; ground forces advance
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The United States unleashed a withering air assault on Iraq yesterday, striking Baghdad and targets throughout the country with 1,500 precision-guided bombs and cruise missiles in an escalating campaign to drive Saddam Hussein from power. As...Tags: Weaponry, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Colin Powell, Basra (Iraq)
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For first flight's centennial, reproducing the Wright idea
Sun National StaffKILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - No one knows exactly what the world's first successful airplane - the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer - looked like when it lifted off a wooden launching rail at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and into history a century ago today. Orville and...Tags: Science, Technology, Gardens and Parks, Alcoa Incorporated, Old Dominion University
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