BANGOR, Maine (AP) A B-52 bomber that was one of the last two planes to depart Dow Air Force Base before it closed is getting a new lease on life. The cockpit of the aircraft dubbed “City of Bangor” is being restored and will be displayed next year at the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon, the Bangor Daily News reported.
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bluShift Aerospace, the Brunswick company with dreams of launching satellites into Earth orbit from Maine, launched its first rocket on Sunday.
Just 20 feet tall, the rocket ascended less than a mile into the sky over the former Loring Air Force base in Limestone. But it proved the feasibility of the company’s first-of-its-kind biofuel and engine design.
It was the first commercial rocket launch from Maine and the first time anywhere that a commercial rocket had been launched using a fuel made from renewable, agricultural materials.
Afterward, bluShift President Sascha Deri said, “We have made history here in Maine. Limestone, Maine.”