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to fly. The plane took from runway 17 in Mason City Municipal Airport, Iowa at around 12:30. The plane was headed to Hector Airport, North Dakota. Because of the poor weather, it caused a 21 years old pilot Roger Peterson to lose a control of the aircraft single engined “Beechcraft Bonanza”, and tail light gradually came off at first. The pilot was not able to contact

Castaway #2 5 years ago, a Fed-Ex 88 plane had gone missing over the Pacific Ocean. It was not confirmed what the cause of the crash was, but it was most likely be by stormy weather conditions. The plane had departed from Memphis, Tennesse and was heading to South America. The plane was carrying 2 pilots, 2 co-pilots, and a Fed-Ex employee, Chuck Noland. Chuck Noland, the Fed-Ex employee, had survived the plane crash and was found 4 years later. He was rescued on a raft by a cargo ship. He had

people, airline owners did not pay attention to safety, it was the race for profit not safety. Customer well-being came before employee’s satisfaction or health. Consequently, there were more employees injured while working due to the lack of safety; aircraft accidents occurred more frequently and caused the death of hundreds of people, and the loss of equipment. To resolve these problems, airlines and aviation professionals around the world, with the help of the ICAO felt the need to improve safety and

took to the skies in an aircraft that was fitted with a fully automatic machine gun that shot through the single propeller of the plane. This was accomplished by protecting the lower section of the propeller blades with steel armor plates that deflected any bullets that might strike the spinning blades, and insuring that the propeller would not be damaged by the firing machine gun. Unfortunately two weeks later, Garros was shot down behind enemy lines and his secret aircraft was revealed to the Germans

Lindbergh`s two crashes during his flying career and helped him to increase his awareness in-flight. He graduated flight school in 1925 and, using his reputation as a cautious and capable pilot, became an airmail pilot at Lambert Field for the Robertson Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis. He carried mail between St. Louis and Chicago for several years before he saw an advertisement in the local newspaper for the Orteig Prize. A New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered a prize of $25,000 to the Pilot who

Young Jethro Creighton was given the task to go to Newton for supplies. This was his first time going to Newton by himself however, he was determined. His mother was sick and had a horrible headache that only went away when she drank coffee. As he was going along the road, an old man stopped Jethro and asked for some help. He wanted a newspaper about the Battle of Pea Ridge because his son had fought there. He would check the list of the soldiers who had died to see if his son had survived. Jethro

Blue Angles Plane Entering the front gate to come on the campus to your left is the football stadium. If you look to your right you will notice something that very admirable to this school. It would be very hard to miss the Blue Angels A-4 Skyhawk display erected across the street from the NROTC building on the campus of Savannah State University which is next to the football stadium. Although, the stadium and the NROTC building is very nice, I would like to focus on the display. It was donated

China Airlines flight 611 was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport. The Boeing 747 flight took off on schedule and departed over the Taiwan Strait between China mainland and the island of Taiwan. Around 20 minutes into the flight the airplane obliterated without warning and crashed into the Taiwan Strait. There were no warning signs to the disaster, and this made discovering the cause very difficult. Engineers began recovering parts

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 disappeared over the South China Sea while carrying 239 passengers and crew from 14 different nations. The Boeing 777 aircraft vanished without a distress call 94 minutes after taking off, while making a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. The reasons why Flight MH 370 disappeared are still a mystery to this day. It stands as the most expensive search in aviation history, spending $160 million spanning over 46,000-square

off my professional career on May 26th 2002 at the age of 18 as an Aircraft Mechanic (Crew Chief) in the United States Air Force Active Duty Component. My first assignment with the Air Force was Yokota Air Base Japan with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron where I fulfilled the role of Flight Line Crew Chief and later the 374th Maintenance Squadron where I worked in an Isochronal Inspection hangar performing scheduled aircraft inspections and maintenance. In Yokota I worked on C-9 Nightingale