Archive for the 'Aircraft' Category
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Seattle Times
Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Page updated at 02:08 AM
Air Force fires commander in nuke error
By PAULINE JELINEK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Air Force fired a commander after a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, Pentagon officials said […]
Posted in Nuclear Issues, U.S.A.F., Weapons, Aircraft, 1950s |
Friday, August 31st, 2007
should stay in office, because the jackals’ calling for his ouster
are far more unpleasant than thoughts of his alleged encounter at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport or
Berlin’s Tempelhof Aerodrome…for that matter.
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German Unification Day eve…
Images: (Aerodrome) commons.wikipedia.org; (man on ladder) dkimages.com; (lightbulb changer) Unger via shoplet.com;
Posted in Republicans, Cong-SENATE, Transportation, Gay Issues, Aircraft, Larry Craig |
Friday, June 22nd, 2007
Airline apologizes for sewage on plane
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Continental Airlines Inc. is apologizing to its customers for “poor conditions” aboard a transatlantic flight where one passenger described sewage spilling down the aisle from a lavatory.
“I’ve never felt so offended in all my life,” passenger Collin Brock of Washington state told Seattle’s KING-TV. “I […]
Posted in Movies, Health, Airlines, Aircraft |
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Mueller Often Uses FBI Jet Bought for Counterterrorism
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 12, 2007; Page A03
When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications […]
Posted in FBI, Iraq, Terrorism, Aircraft, Robert Mueller |
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
…and long before Farouk there was Yul Brenner.
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By the end of his 16-year reign in 1952, Farouk declared
all inanimate objects must carry the Mark of the Stache.
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Farouk considered the purchase of 5000 Lockheed Constellations because his mark would easily fit on the airplane. When he found that his treasury was unable to afford that number, […]
Posted in Automobiles, Avarice, Aircraft, Egypt |
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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Images: (smoke) pyr.ec.gc.ca; (saab 93) en-wikimedia.org; (Saab ad) vintagetechnology.com; (military plane) worldwide-military.com; (clouds) ics.uci.edu; (T-Bird) user morrea via en-wikipedia.org; (ejection suit) canit.se; (Saab Aero X) zeenz.nl; (aqurium) aquarium.com; (Fiat) en-wikipedia.org; (Van) renault-logan.eastroblog.com; (church) freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com; (purple curtains) party.pro.com; (Nose Art) aert-letters.com;(French doors) (Versailles) (BMW) edge-inc.net; (Mercedes) readthisblog.net; (’57 Ford) tocmp.com; (Mazda) all-carphotos.com; (Tomcat) commons.wikimedia.org; […]
Posted in Business, Environment, Energy, Automobiles, Industrial Design, U.S. Navy, Aircraft |
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Two ‘Raptor’ Dinosaurs Unearthed in Mongolia
By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 23 March 2007
09:53 am ET
Two new raptor dinosaur species have been unearthed in Mongolia, including one that ranks among the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered.
One of the raptors, Tsaagan mangas, was found in the Ukhaa Tolgod region of Mongolia. Tsaagan was slightly larger than a […]
Posted in Cuisine, Mongolia, Firearms, Aircraft, Olympics-Summer, Dinosaurs, Paleontology |
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Airbus losing remaining A380 cargo order
By LAURENCE FROST and HARRY WEBER
BW Exclusives
PARIS
Airbus was left with an empty order book for the cargo version of its much-delayed superjumbo plane after UPS Inc. said it would cancel its order for 10 A380s. The move comes just a week after UPS, the world’s largest shipping carrier, and Airbus […]
Posted in Business, Labor, France, Aircraft |
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Updated: February 13th, 2007 11:41 AM EDT
Flying Creatures May Inspire Future of Aviation
Alan Levin
USA TODAY
“Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician.” — Orville Wright
As the nocturnal owl stalks its prey, a quirk on its wings enables a silent hunt. Fringe-like feathers […]
Posted in China, Great Britain, Nature, Russia, Health, Books, U.S.A.F., Cuisine, Science, France, Europe, Aircraft, Egypt, Buddha, Origami |
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
AFP/File/Greg Wood
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AFP/Photo/Jean-Philippe Arles
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Images: (clouds) free-pictures-phots.com; (windows) community.travelchinaguide.com
Posted in Business, France, Europe, Aircraft |
