Category Archives: Airplane

Mail call: Sending love to troops abroad

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com For military personnel far from home for the holidays . . . few sounds are more welcome than the words MAIL CALL. And dedicated volunteers here on the home front are working hard to make sure that none our troops anywhere in the world is disappointed. Our Cover Story is reported [...]

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3 dead, more than 50 hurt in Nev. air race crash

By doris | Published: September 17, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com RENO, Nev. (AP) — As thousands watched in horror, a World War II-era fighter plane competing in a Nevada event described as a car race in the sky suddenly pitched upward, rolled and did a nose-dive toward the crowded grandstand. The plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran Hollywood stunt pilot, then [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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Airbus soars over Boeing, saleswise, at air show

By doris | Published: June 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LE BOURGET, France — Airbus is trouncing Boeing in the race to be the world’s biggest plane maker, claiming over $72 billion dollars worth of orders and commitments at the Paris Air Show, where the popularity of its new fuel-efficient jets twice broke records for the largest order ever. Airbus’ success [...]

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NASA may try Monday for shuttle launch

By doris | Published: April 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA hopes to try again Monday for one of the highest-profile space shuttle launches, after delaying the mission Friday due to a problem with a heater in one of Endeavour’s auxiliary power units. The countdown was called off even as the shuttle’s six-man crew was heading for Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff [...]

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Boeing didn’t expect 737 cracks so soon

By doris | Published: April 5, 2011

! NewsFull Story at news.hoo PHOENIX – Boeing was surprised when a section of a Southwest jetliner’s fuselage ripped open in flight because the plane wasn’t old enough to be worrisome, a company official said Tuesday, as the airline cleared most of its older 737 planes to return to the skies. Southwest said it had [...]

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Controller, airline crew suspended over incident in Florida skies

By doris | Published: March 30, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — An air traffic control supervisor and the crew of a Southwest Airlines jet have been suspended after the controller asked the Southwest Boeing 737 to fly in the vicinity of a small Cirrus aircraft in an effort to check on the welfare of the pilot, authorities said. The [...]

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US warplane crashes, Libya policy in flames

By doris | Published: March 23, 2011

Full Story at EconomicTimes.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: A US F-15 fighter jet went down in flames while enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya while ground fighting raged on Tuesday even as Washington’s interventionist policy in the region teetered over the lack of clarity about its intention and the endgame. Equipment malfunction was cited as the reason for [...]

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Missiles strike Libya in first wave of allied assault

By doris | Published: March 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com BENGHAZI, Libya — A coalition of American and European forces bombed Libyan targets by air and sea Saturday in the first phase of a military campaign to drive Moammar Gadhafi from power. French warplanes fired the first shots in the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war, destroying government tanks [...]

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Toddler reportedly locked in plane’s overhead bin

By doris | Published: March 6, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com A Virgin Blue flight attendant was fired after an angry mother claimed he locked her toddler son in an overhead bin, the Sunday Herald Sun reports. Natalie Williamson told the newspaper that she, her 17-month-old son, Riley, and her now estranged husband were traveling on a Virgin flight from Fiji to Sydney, [...]

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9/11 workers approve settlement with New York City

By doris | Published: November 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — A settlement in New York City will pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to ground zero workers exposed to toxic debris after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, lawyers said Friday. Plaintiffs narrowly approved the deal after facing a Tuesday night deadline that required 95 percent [...]

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World’s first commercial spacecraft completes manned flight

By doris | Published: October 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A pair of pilots flew the world’s first manned commercial spacecraft over California’s Mojave Desert on Sunday, though they were the only ones aboard. The mission was a test flight for Richard Branson’s dream of affordable space travel and put his vision a step closer to reality, he said [...]

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U.S. to issue travel alert for Americans in Europe

By doris | Published: October 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Sunday will issue a travel “alert” urging American citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, government officials told NBC News on Saturday. The alert is due to new al-Qaida threats although officials have not identified specific targets that terrorists might be considering, [...]

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Nine years after 9/11, a photo provides some peace

By doris | Published: September 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Judson Box has never known exactly how his son, Gary, died on September 11, 2001. But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son’s final hours. Gary, then 35, had been working as a firefighter in Brooklyn for roughly five years [...]

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Plane crashes are sadly all too common in Alaska

By doris | Published: August 12, 2010

Full Story atYahoo.com JUNEAU, Alaska – Anyone who has ever stepped foot on an airplane in Alaska is keenly aware of the dangers that lurk in every mountain pass and cloud on the horizon. Ted Stevens was so mindful of the risks that he once called plane crashes an occupational hazard for politicians in Alaska, [...]

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Investigators to work scene of deadly Alaska plane crash

By doris | Published: August 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Investigators will be on the scene Wednesday of a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. Also, autopsies are expected to be completed by the end of the day. Brutal terrain and bad weather on the remote Alaska mountain kept survivors waiting 12 hours [...]

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Solar-powered plane completes 26-hour flight

By doris | Published: July 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com London, England (CNN) — A solar-powered aircraft, which a team hopes will one day circle the globe, completed a 26-hour test flight in Switzerland at 9 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Thursday. Solar Impulse took off shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday from an airfield in Payerne, 80 miles northeast of Geneva. The [...]

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Karachi airport stops man with circuits in shoes

By doris | Published: May 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A man who was arrested at an airport in Pakistan with shoes that contained batteries, a circuit board and an on/off switch said Monday that he did not know the materials were in his shoes. Faiz Mohammed said he had worn the same shoes while traveling from Muscat, Oman, [...]

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Bomb plot suspect arrested trying to catch flight to Dubai

By doris | Published: May 4, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan arrested overnight in the Times Square bombing investigation will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday morning to face formal charges. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested at JFK International Airport in New York at 11:45 p.m. E.T. Monday as he prepared [...]

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Safe to fly now? ‘No consensus’ over ash

By doris | Published: April 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com AMSTERDAM – Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos. Is it safe to fly yet? Airline officials [...]

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