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Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning: It's your last month to check out nosecones...
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Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning: 

It's your last month to check out nosecones and giant planes painted by contemporary artists as part of The Boneyard Project at Tucson's Pima Air & Space Museum.

And while you're there, you'll want to check out their documentation of their latest claim to plane history -- of the paper variety. 

In March, museum staff launched a 14-meter paper airplane across the Tucson desert. They just released the video of its flight and are promising more data to come on the museum website.

In the meantime, check out the video of the flight:




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