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Alaska Airlines launches aviation-focused startup program with Los Angeles venture lab

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The airline is partnering with UP.Labs to launch an aviation venture lab. The Seattle-based airline announced Thursday a partnership with UP.Labs to launch Airline Venture Lab, a new collaboration to create aviation-focused spin-out startups. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off.

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Joint Strike Fighter: Tour of the new F-35B’s

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Last week I was lucky enough to tour the new F-35B Training site at Marine Corps Aviation Squadron, Beaufort, South Carolina. I have been reading about the pros and cons of this new airframe for years, and with a price tag that continues to surpass all expectations, I was eager to see it “in the flesh”.

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Inside the world of aviation, space and defense news with the team behind Hype Aviation

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Isaac Alexander, chief content officer at Hype Aviation, left, with Robin Koenig, Hype Aviation founder, at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we go behind the scenes of Hype Aviation , a news aggregation site that you might think of as Techmeme for aviation, space and defense news.

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Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip

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If the report based on unnamed sources is true, that would make Shatner the oldest person to fly in space at the age of 90, besting the record set by 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk during the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spacecraft in July.

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DJI Mini 3 Pro leak shows obstacle avoidance sensors and a slightly bigger battery

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Despite the upgrades, the DJI Mini 3 Pro will still maintain its sub-250 gram weight, letting users fly it without having to register it with the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction

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Christie’s — which tweeted an ongoing stream of sale images tagged #AuctionRecord — said the collection includes more than 150 masterpieces spanning 500 years of art history. The Flying Heritage Combat and Armor Museum, an large collection of aviation and military artifacts started by Allen in 2004 in Everett, Wash.,

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Blue Origin’s suborbital space ticket sales are nearing $100M, Jeff Bezos says

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Launch providers and their customers are typically loath to talk about price tags, but estimates leak out nevertheless. Turning to one of his crewmates, female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, Bezos said, “I like to think that if Amelia were here, she’d be very, very proud of Wally.” (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle).

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