Monday, July 21, 2008

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B-52 Crash - A U.S. Military B-52 With 6 Onboard Crashes Off Guam from Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News by national
A US Air Force B-52 bomber has crashed off the coast of Guam in the central Pacific and there was no immediate word on the fate of the six crew members, navy officials said.
A brief statement from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam said the B-52H Stratofortress crashed at approximately 9:45 a.m. (0325 GMT) off the northwest coast of Guam.
“Emergency responders are on scene working to locate the six crew members on board. No information is available regarding the status of the crew,” the statement said.
At least two people were recovered from the waters, but their condition was not immediately available, the Coast Guard said.
Rescue crews from the Navy, Coast Guard and local fire department launched a massive aerial and ocean search for the others in and around a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil.
The crashed occurred at 9:45 a.m. Monday about 30 miles northwest of Apra Harbor, the Air Force said.

B-52 With 6 Airmen Crashes Off Guam from Military Top Stories Center
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil today for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam. At least two people were recovered from the waters, but their condition was not immediately available, the Coast Guard says.

B-52 crashed off Guam from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber has crashed off the coast of Guam on Sunday. U.S. Coast Guard said two people have been recovered from the waters. Their condition was not immediately available. The U.S. Coast Guard said they received a call about 3 p.m. (Hawaii time) when a jet flew over the wreckage.
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EARNING HIS 'STRIPES'? Actor to jump from plane at air show Chicago Sun-Times
The Oscar nominee will be the star attraction for an extra performance being added to the Chicago Air and Water Show on Friday, Aug. 15. Bill Murray has agreed to jump out of a plane onto North Avenue Beach for this year's Air and Water Show.

INTERVIEWS ROTTERDAM from Red Bull Air Race Video Podcast

Soaring attendance Craig Daily Press, CO Representatives from Wings Over the Rockies — an educational aviation program through the Denver Air & Space Museum — led children in building Styrofoam ...

Former Dayton aviator now part of national performing team Dayton Daily News, OH
The team flew this weekend in the Vectren Dayton Air Show, in the city where Freelove once lived. "It's very surreal," he said after Saturday's opening day ...

How to Do Oshkosh from Air & Space Magazine

Crowd Favorite Will Return To Wittman Field from Aero-News Network
Bring In Da NOISE! A loud and proud crowd favorite will return to the grounds at Wittman Field. The US Marine Corps AV-8B "Harrier II" jump jet will appear at EAA AirVenture 2008, making demonstration flights during the EAA's 56th annual fly-in, scheduled for July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

The Day Nobody Flew from Air & Space Magazine

August 1908: The Wright Brother's Aeroplane in France and the US Scientific American
In view of the fine performances of Wilbur Wright with his aeroplane in France, and also of the flights about to be made by Orville Wright near Washington, ...

Son finds a war hero in father's past Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT
This crew actually flew a B-25 named "Arkan-Dam-Saw" from flight school in South Carolina to Africa hopping across the Atlantic from country to island all ...

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