Two aircraft were able to complete simultaneous journeys over the magnetic South Pole earlier this year, positioning them for the rare honor of the Polar Diamond Circumnavigator Diploma. This amazing accomplishment is partially owed to the reliability of (extremely) rural gravel runways.
Top 5 Off-Road Vehicles to Be Released in 2019
Off-road vehicles are becoming more and more popular with U.S. consumers, which means that 2019 can be expected to bring a bumper crop of exciting new models to market from major automakers. Here are our top five picks to be released this year.
A Battle to Preserve Historic Gravel Roads Begins in Northern Virginia
The largely suburban area of Northern Virginia has a few pockets of rural landscape that are almost entirely connected to the outside world by unpaved gravel roads. The fight to preserve those pathways may be helped by technology that brings pavement-like strength to gravel surfaces.
Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies Releases New Report on Fugitive Dust
A new report commissioned by the Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies in Pennsylvania sought to compare dust emissions from two different surface aggregates.
Could 2019 Be the Best Year Yet for Silver?
Silver is already being traded at prices much higher than last year, prompting speculation that 2019 could be the year that the silver mining industry truly takes off.