Working as a stunt pilot during the filming of the movie “The Space Between Us” in February, “I think I landed on a road and took off maybe 100 times,” Hoover said Monday. The levee was also about the same width as the landing strip at his home in ...
The thousands of people who showed up for the Wings 4 Wishes fly-in cheered and clapped as one by one, the planes flew in and made the sandy beach their landing strip. The excitement was palpable, but no one was more excited than Chase Walker, the ...
Both the history of aviation in Santa Maria and Hancock College stem from one fateful day in 1925 when George Tunnell stopped a railroad train, with G. Allan Hancock at the throttle, to offer him a slice of watermelon. Hancock had purchased the Santa ...
Two British military planes carrying hurricane relief and personnel landed in Barbados last night and will move to the British Virgin Islands when a landing strip is found. A party of Royal Marines and army engineers is already on the devastated islands.
Lindbergh knew pioneer aviator Harry Jones' hangar at Old Orchard Beach was next to a natural landing strip that appeared at low tide. So Lindbergh decided to land on the beach rather than try to find the Portland airport in all the murkiness. Jones ...and more »
The landing strip area is important because that will be the general location of what will be the park's centerpiece, a science center. The facility would have outdoor and indoor spaces for visitors, learning labs, classrooms, lecture halls, and even ...
It had a landing strip on it, but when Jones purchased a larger plane, his pilot then refused to land on that strip so the property was sold. Jim Howard, the paint and body man on Main, spotted a Model A one day and was interested in buying it. The ...
got together to explore possible connections — maybe an ancient landing strip in the Congo. I did see one of these productions once where they tried to involve a Bigfoot character. My NFL team was down 40 to zip at halftime that night. I was hurting ...
It will be the first time in decades that Old Orchard Beach has been used as a landing strip for small planes. The fly-in, organized by 15-year-old Walker, commemorates the 90th anniversary of Lindbergh's unexpected landing on the beach in the Spirit ...and more »
Stunt pilot makes emergency landing in Sacramento city neighborhood - Sacramento Bee
Working as a stunt pilot during the filming of the movie “The Space Between Us” in February, “I think I landed on a road and took off maybe 100 times,” Hoover said Monday. The levee was also about the same width as the landing strip at his home in ...
Beach fly-in commemorates 90 years since Lindbergh landing, draws thousands - Bangor Daily News
The thousands of people who showed up for the Wings 4 Wishes fly-in cheered and clapped as one by one, the planes flew in and made the sandy beach their landing strip. The excitement was palpable, but no one was more excited than Chase Walker, the ...
Hancock, the aviator, and his School of Aeronautics - Santa Maria Times
Both the history of aviation in Santa Maria and Hancock College stem from one fateful day in 1925 when George Tunnell stopped a railroad train, with G. Allan Hancock at the throttle, to offer him a slice of watermelon. Hancock had purchased the Santa ...
Hurricane Irma: British military searches for landing strip - The Times
Two British military planes carrying hurricane relief and personnel landed in Barbados last night and will move to the British Virgin Islands when a landing strip is found. A party of Royal Marines and army engineers is already on the devastated islands.
Thousands applaud as small planes imitate surprise Lindbergh landing on Old Orchard Beach - Press Herald
Lindbergh knew pioneer aviator Harry Jones' hangar at Old Orchard Beach was next to a natural landing strip that appeared at low tide. So Lindbergh decided to land on the beach rather than try to find the Portland airport in all the murkiness. Jones ...and more »
Woodland seeks second grant for Regional Park 'education' program - Daily Democrat
The landing strip area is important because that will be the general location of what will be the park's centerpiece, a science center. The facility would have outdoor and indoor spaces for visitors, learning labs, classrooms, lecture halls, and even ...
All Shook Up: Kinsloe takes walk down musical memory lane - Corsicana Daily Sun
It had a landing strip on it, but when Jones purchased a larger plane, his pilot then refused to land on that strip so the property was sold. Jim Howard, the paint and body man on Main, spotted a Model A one day and was interested in buying it. The ...
Better than a bad football game - Tifton Gazette
got together to explore possible connections — maybe an ancient landing strip in the Congo. I did see one of these productions once where they tried to involve a Bigfoot character. My NFL team was down 40 to zip at halftime that night. I was hurting ...
Fly-in will mark Charles Lindbergh's 1927 landing on Old Orchard Beach - Press Herald
It will be the first time in decades that Old Orchard Beach has been used as a landing strip for small planes. The fly-in, organized by 15-year-old Walker, commemorates the 90th anniversary of Lindbergh's unexpected landing on the beach in the Spirit ...and more »