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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   A brief item from today's New Zealand Herald newspaper (17 June, 2015)   
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       Bike taking off   
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       A flying bike, like the one ridden by Luke Skywalker   
       in "Return of the Jedi", could soon be a reality   
       thanks to a Kiwi designer and his team. Chris Malloy,   
       of Malloy Aeronautics has teamed with a defence firm   
       to develop hoverbike technology for the US Department   
       of Defence, the company announced yesterday. Malloy   
       Aeronautics has an ongoing research and development   
       contract with the US Army Research Laboratory to   
       create a hoverbike, which will be used for tactical   
       reconnaissance. Malloy Aeronautics has developed a   
       smaller version of the hoverbike for retail that   
       operates as a drone, but wanted to develop a model   
       that can carry the weight of an adult.   
      
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