DiFuria described a billionaire family that went from feeling guilty about their spending to owning yachts and planes and moving to an area where other billionaires live.
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Molly A. Wallace,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2026
Some companies that owned Spirit's planes before bankruptcy will just sell their parts, but some may keep the planes in storage.
Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2026
But trying to do both, operate as a car and an aircraft, faces many basic engineering problems, said Roger Connor, curator of the vertical flight collection at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
The airline is also closing in on an order for new wide-body airplanes, executives said.
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Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2026
Many participate in the miraculous art of flying and maintaining enormous airplanes, or picking up cargo to take across our greater multi-county region of millions.
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Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Oct. 2026
Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.
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Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
26 Oct. 2026
Why ships and airfields need new defenses China’s research focuses on defending valuable assets.
Although its rigid design hearkens back to the gargantuan airships of the early 20th century, Pathfinder 1 is almost completely different from any large airship that has flown before.
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