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JetZero To Build USAF Blended-Wing-Body Prototype

Handout rendering of the blended wing body prototype aircraft. The U.S. Air Force says it has picked aviation startup JetZero to design and build a full-size demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration on August 16, 2023. The goal is for the aircraft, which has already received the informal moniker XBW-1, to be flying by 2027."Blended wing body aircraft have the potential to significantly reduce fuel demand and increase global reach," Secretary Kendall said in a statement in a separate press release. “Moving forces and cargo quickly, efficiently, and over long distance[s] is a critical capability to enable national security strategy.” Photo by U.S. Air Force via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Club Paradise (1986)

Robin Williams & Twiggy Lawson Characters: Jack Moniker & Film: Club Paradise (USA 1986) Director: Harold Ramis 11 July 1986 Date: 11 July 1986

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Japan's Kinki Univ. changes English name to avoid embarrassment

A ceremony is held April 1, 2016, to unveil a new nameplate of Kindai University in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. In a move aimed at sparing its students and faculty embarrassment, the private university ditched its former English name, "Kinki University" -- with "Kinki" pronounced identically to "kinky" -- for a more benign moniker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo