Taking off - Flight instructor?s goal: launch more pilots (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
At a small grass airstrip in Belgium in June 1974 while visiting that country with his parents, Patrick Nuytten took his first flight and conceived a passion for flying. ?I knew at that moment that?s what I wanted to do,? Nuytten said....more...Ricardo Favela, 62; helped create Chicano art group, was longtime professor (Los Angeles Times)
Ricardo Favela, a founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, a group of Mexican American artists who used poster art to support Chicano civil rights causes, has died. He was 62. ...more... Africa: Can the Continent Solve its Development Challenges? (AllAfrica.com)
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience...more... Scientists Intrigued By Martian Dust Storm (WFTV 9 Orlando)
Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet....more... Obituary: John R. Wargo / Ran snack bar in State Office Building for 17 years (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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ADA ? Several Chickasaw students spent a week of their summer learning more about the world of aviation and space during the fifth annual Chickasaw Nation Aviation and Space Academy (CNASA)....more... Fox Valley area military personnel mark milestones (The Beacon News)
Members of the armed forces from the Fox Valley area have reached the following milestones in their military careers. ...more... New life as writer emerges from disability (The News Herald)
Robert Cooper / The News Herald An ultralight wheelchair and adaptive equipment for the family car allow Bruce Gamble to travel around town and drive to do research as needed. The chair quickly breaks down and folds for easy transport....more... No injuries in emergency helicopter landing at school (Contra Costa Times)
The pilot and passenger of a helicopter that made an emergency landing at a Dublin middle school Sunday night were trying to return to Buchanan Field in after doing instrument training....more... |