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10 Porsche Instagram accounts you have to follow
Noelle Talmon Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThere are hundreds of great Porsche pages to follow on Instagram, so it's difficult to narrow down the best of the best. Here are just a few favorites based on the number of followers, their incredible images and the soul held within.
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The Grand Tour: Cruising our 968 through Pennsylvania’s Slate Belt
Pablo Deferrari Transportation Technology & Automotive"Bear-leader? You're looking at him," I said, slamming the door shut. It was another back-door Grand Tour, and my woman was asking where our chaperon was.
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Breathing room for Stansted with new arrivals terminal
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveLondon Stansted Airport has been given planning approval for the construction of a new arrivals-only terminal alongside the existing facility. This will give the airport space to breathe as it capitalizes on new routes and overcrowding at other London airports. When constructed in the early 1990s, Stansted's Norman Foster-designed terminal building heralded a new era for the quiet regional airport 30 miles north of central London. Coinciding with the low-cost revolution, the airport became an important gateway to the city and South East England.
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Are millennials interested in stick shifts?
Skip Kuhn Transportation Technology & AutomotiveAs a father of four millennials and a car enthusiast, I have (not surprisingly) made some observations concerning that millennial generation, manual transmissions and performance/competition driving in general. While not a compendium of all my many varied and mostly useless observations over the last 24 years, these are my most recent.
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Saving the unloved Porsche 924
David Hurth Transportation Technology & AutomotiveUntil the late 1970s, Porsche had used two layouts for their vehicles, and every car had its engine in the rear or the middle. Beyond the placement of the power plant, these had always been cooled by God's good air. This all changed when the Porsche 924 first hit the market in 1976 as a 1977 model in the U.S.
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Airlines to perform a terminal dance at LAX
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveLos Angeles Airport (LAX) is hoping its resident airlines can pull off a major logistical effort without causing chaos for passengers over one weekend in May when a planned switch takes place. In all, 28 separate airlines will relocate from their current terminals at LAX to a new set of gates as the airport continues its modernization process.
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Milestones of a Cayman odometer
David Newton Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIn my line of work as a project manager, milestones are noteworthy and consequential points in the lifetime of an event or process. They are indicators of significance used to measure or mark project status. But milestones are also gauges of important life events.
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It’s alive! Bringing an engine back from the dead
Jeff Coe Transportation Technology & AutomotiveI have been working on cars for 40 years now and truly enjoy the pastime. I really feel a bond with my vehicles when I actually work on their related maintenance. Over that time period, one of the more exciting experiences I have enjoyed was the installation of a new engine. Much work and money had gone into getting to that point. And when that new engine fired up for the first time, it was certainly a sweet feeling knowing that all that time and money had resulted in this pivotal moment.
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Intel’s latest move puts spotlight on tech side of autonomous cars
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyThe line between the automotive and tech industries is perpetually being blurred. In fact, CES — the tech world's giant annual electronics show in Las Vegas that takes place every January — featured so much auto technology this year that observers joked that the letters no longer stood for "Consumer Electronics Show," but rather "Car Electronics Show."
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Improvements pay off in Skytrax 2017 World Airport Awards
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThis year's Skytrax World Airport Awards are in, naming the world's best airports as voted for by the passengers who use them. For some, little has changed, and others are seeing the effort of improving customer service and redeveloping infrastructure paying off. So, what can we learn from this year's rankings?
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