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‘We feel like there's a serial killer on the street.’ Fentanyl’s death toll in the Seattle area
Gabe Lilienthal, a Ballard High School student, died on September 29, after taking what he thought was oxycodone. Public health officials say the counterfeit pill was laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. Recently, three other high school students have died after taking fentanyl-laced pills. So far in 2019, 65 people have died from fentanyl overdoses in King County. Gabe's parents, Deborah Savran and David Lilienthal, described Gabe as a generous and warm young man.
The Custody Dispute Over the Bomb
The term “custody dispute” is one we usually associate with acrimonious divorce proceedings. But there was a very real nuclear custody dispute in the 1950s, one which I’ve often been surprised that even folks fairly well-versed in nuclear history weren’t aware of.1 Some fifty B61 bombs in a US Air Force base “igloo.” Courtesy Federation of American Scientists.
Airshow Review: Thunder Over Michigan - NYCAviation
The annual Thunder Over Michigan Airshow, presented by Ypsilanti’s Yankee Air Museum, returned vintage and modern aircraft to the skies over Southeast Michigan this past Labor Day Weekend. Thunder Over Michigan is known worldwide as a premier warbird show, and the organizers have had success in recent years attracting modern jet teams to expand their traditional flying program of vintage fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft.
The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach: Celebrating 15 years of Greatness - NYCAviation
Weather reports for the holiday weekend are looking good, as several hundred thousand spectators are expected to attend what has come to be a Long Island tradition for the Memorial Day weekend. Celebrating its 15th year, the Bethpage Airshow at Jones Beach will once again once again take flight this Saturday and Sunday. As usual, this year’s show features some of the industry’s top performers.
A Flight Through History: Selfridge ANGB Celebrates its First 100 Years - NYCAviation
Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Southeastern Michigan celebrated its 100th anniversary with an open house and airshow headlined by the Thunderbirds and featuring one of the best flying lineups of any airshow this year. Located about 20 miles northeast of Detroit on the shore of Lake St. Clair, the base is named after Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge, who, in 1908, became the first person to die in an airplane crash.
Hands on History With The Geico Skytypers - NYCAviation
The evening before media day at the Rhode Island Airshow was progressing like any other: Dinner was being cooked, camera batteries were charging, lenses were out awaiting cleaning and a blower was at the ready to clear pesky dust spots off sensors in anticipation for the photo opportunities in the morning.
SLIDESHOW: Smoke, Wings, and Noise Fill the Skies Over Rhode Island - NYCAviation
For the second consecutive year the organizers of the Rhode Island Air National Guard Open House and Airshow found themselves in an unenviable position. After the Thunderbirds cancelled a week before the show in 2016, this year’s headlining act, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, entered a safety stand down following an incident at a show where they had to break formation.
Forecast for an Air Show: The 14th Annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach - NYCAviation
Despite some questionable weather forecasts for the holiday weekend, the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach will look to kick things off this Memorial Day Weekend over the skies of Long Island for the 14th straight year. Headlined this year by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, there is more to this year’s show than purely what’s going on in the sky.
PHOTOS: Checking Out The Performers At The MCAS Beaufort Airshow - NYCAviation
This past weekend, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort hosted their bi-annual airshow. The base is located in Beaufort, SC, approximately halfway between Charleston, SC an Savannah, GA. This year’s show featured a wide assortment of aircraft operated by the United States Marine Corps, a United States Air Force F-16 demo, a United States Coast Guard Dolphin helicopter, and the United States Navy’s Blue Angels.
Boeing 747-8JK - Boeing
Aviation Photo #1886283 Boeing 747-8JK - Boeing This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. 37 of 50 37 of 50 Caption First flight for the 748i Distinct Views: 86,148 Photo Added: March 20, 2011 Explore Other Great Photos Photo Albums Containing This Photo Album Views Likes Photos Updated These are the best photos on Airliners net-great shots Looks like they were taken out of a dream!! Enjoy!! Photo Copyright © David Lilienthal. All rights reserved.
Is The F-35 Really Worth $1.5 Trillion? - NYCAviation
With the increase in power of Chinese and Russian air forces, the U.S. Air Force has been formulating strategies to raise their power even further. It has been too long since the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin started working on their ultimate fighter aircraft F-35 Lightning II. Although the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is three years behind its original schedule but the F-35 is getting developed quite well and will prove to be an efficient weapon in the arsenal of U.S. Air Force.
PHOTOS: The Thunder Rolls at Shaw Air Force Base - NYCAviation
It is no coincidence that the official title of this show (Thunder Over the Midlands, at Shaw AFB) makes no mention of planes or flying. To call it an airshow would be selling the event short. Yes, the USAF Thunderbirds were the undeniable headliner, and 90% of the show was aviation related. My sole purpose for attending was collecting the best collection of images of the flight demonstrations, and perhaps some static displays as time permitted prior to the flying.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash: October 20 in Aviation History
1995: Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on STS-73. 1987: A US Air Force A-7D Corsair II crashes into a Ramada Inn in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing 10 people. After reporting engine failure on approach, the pilot continued to lose altitude until forced to eject, sending the aircraft to bounce off the roof of a bank, then off of a hill and then into the hotel, where all the fatalities occurred in its lobby.
Coast Guard Buys Three Lockheed Martin HC-130J Airplanes
The US Coast Guard has ordered three new Lockheed Martin HC-130J airplanes to augment its surveillance and search and rescue capabilities. Worth $218 million, the three new planes will boost the Coast Guard’s fleet of HC-130Js to nine. The HC-130J is a variant of the popular C-130 Hercules military transport plane containing a belly-mounted 360-degree long range search radar, nose-mounted forward looking infrared radar and an advanced mission communications suite.
Round 2: F-16 Intercepts Two Planes During President's Chicago Visit - NYCAviation
An F-16 fighter jet intercepted two small planes Saturday after they entered airspace which has been temporarily closed for a visit by President Barack Obama, officials said on Sunday, less than a week after a similar incident in the New York area.
Two US Sailors Missing in Oman Helicopter Crash Declared Dead
Two American service members who were missing since a helicopter belonging to the U.S. Navy crashed in northern Oman last week have been declared deceased, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Saturday, while releasing the sailors’ identities. The accident happened on Thursday when the MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter crashed 58 miles (93 kilometers) southwest of Muscat, the capital of Oman, while conducting heavy lift support operations.
Air Force Pilots Balk at Flying the World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet
The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. Last year, the F-22 jet was grounded for four months because pilots were experiencing dizziness and other symptoms of hypoxia, which is caused from lack of oxygen.
Big Flocking Deal: Air Force Two Hits Birds While Landing in California
An Air Force plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden suffered a bird strike while landing in southern California late this week. The C-32 jet, a modified Boeing 757 airliner, was on approach to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport on Thursday evening when the encounter with birds occurred. Landing continued without incident and no one onboard was injured. The condition of the birds was unknown, but most likely not good.
Pan Am Orders 25 Boeing 747s, Apollo 13 Suffers 'A Problem': April 13th in Aviation History - NYCAviation
2010 – Republic Airways Holdings announces that its recently acquired Midwest Airlines brand will be phased out by the fall of 2011 in favor of the Frontier Airlines brand. 2010 – An AeroUnion Airbus A300-200 Freighter (XA-TUE) crashes while attempting to land in Monterrey, Mexico after a flight from Los Angeles, killing all five people onboard and two on the ground. Weather may have been a factor.
April 11th in Aviation History: World's Youngest Pilot Dies in Plane Crash, China Releases US Navy Airmen - NYCAviation
2001 – The crew of a damaged US Navy EP-3 electronic surveillance aircraft is released from Chinese custody, 10 days after their plane collided in midair with a Chinese Shenyang J-8 fighter jet and was forced to land. 1996 – Jessica Dubroff, a seven-year-old whose parents claimed she was the youngest pilot in history to attempt to fly across the United States, dies in a crash while doing just that, along with her flight instructor and her father.
Today in Aviation History: April 9th - NYCAviation
2003 – Baghdad falls to the invading Allied forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 1993 – Iraqi forces fire surface-to-air missiles at a US Air Force jet patrolling the country’s no-fly zone. The jets return fire, destorying the missile batteries. 1976 – Air France launches its second Concorde route, linking Paris to Caracas in six hours, including a fuel stop in the Azores. 1969 – The second Concorde, the first built in England, makes its maiden test flight.
Why the Pentagon’s New Fighter Jet Will Now Cost More Than $1 Trillion - NYCAviation
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the Pentagon’s big plan for future warplanes — it’s slated to replace nearly all of the other tactical jets in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. But getting there is going to be slow and expensive, as a new government report details. The JSF program is a massively expensive undertaking. It has cost the government $400 billion to date, and is estimated to run more than $1 trillion to develop, buy and support nearly 2,500 aircraft through 2050.
Boeing Delivers First 737-Based P-8A Poseidon to US Navy - NYCAviation
Boeing last week delivered the first of 117 P-8A Poseidon jets to the US Navy. Based on Boeing’s popular 737 airliner, the P-8A is a long-range, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft meant to replace the Navy’s aging fleet of Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft.
Today in Aviation History: March 10th - NYCAviation
1989 – Air Ontario Flight 1363, a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship (C-FONF) crashes immediately after takeoff from Dryden, Ontario, Canada, killing 21 passengers and 3 crew, while injuring the remaining 45 people onboard.
February 17th in Aviation History: Turkish Prime Minister Survives London Plane Crash, Aloha Emerges from Bankruptcy - NYCAviation
2006 – Aloha Airlines emerges from 14 months of bankruptcy protection. They would file for Chapter 11 again a little over two years later and cease passenger operations soon after that. 1996 – The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)-Shoemaker spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta rocket. 1988 – Asiana Airlines is established in Seoul, South Korea. Flights begin the following December with flights to Busan. 1974 – US Army Private Robert K.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 10th
2009: The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit 490 miles above Siberia at a speed of 26,170 mph. 1995: During a month-long border dispute, two Peruvian Sukhoi Su-22Ms are shot down by a pair of Ecuadorian Mirage F1JAs, and a Peruvian Cessna A-37B is shot down by an Ecuadorian Kfir C.2. 1995: The first prototype of Antonov’s new An-70 large prop-powered transporter is destroyed in a mid-air collision with an An-72 chase plane.
The Real Red Flag: Up Close at the Air Force's Largest Combat Exercise - NYCAviation
The dull roar of jet engines could be heard in the distance. Looking down the flight line of 3L/21R at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, the F-15, a streak of black and gray, raced towards the waiting group photographers and journalists on its take off roll. Cameras clicked and ears were covered as it passed the group with its afterburners visible until shortly after liftoff. Red Flag 12-2 was on. The two week event is the US Air Force’s largest and most important air combat training exercise.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 2nd - NYCAviation
1998 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387, a DC-9-32 (reg RP-C1507) crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104. The plane had been off course and the top of the mountain may have been covered in fog, leading to the tragedy. 1987 – After racking up an unmanageable amount of debt in only four years of existence, Newark-based PEOPLExpress Airlines ceases operations and merges with Continental.
Photos and Video: Onboard the New England Patriots Awesome C-5 Galaxy Flyover - NYCAviation
Being born and raised in New York, us NYCAviation brass are not huge fans of that football team that plays in Foxboro. But we do love flyovers no matter what teams are involved. The lower and louder, the better. So when we saw a ginormous US Air Force C-5 Galaxy, belly covered in “Go Pats” paint, buzzing 1,000 feet over Gillette Stadium before Sunday’s AFC Championship game, we got pretty excited, even though our team will be seeking their team’s destruction in Indianapolis two weeks from now.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 20th - NYCAviation
2011 – A Socata TPM 700 single-engine plane crashes onto Interstate 287 in northern New Jersey, killing all five people on board, but sparing any vehicles on the busy road. 2008 – Continental Airlines Flight 1404, a 737-524 (N18611), crashes after an aborted takeoff at Denver International Airport. It is suspected that a 37 mph gust of crosswind and a patch of ice caused the aircraft to veer to the left just as it was about to become airborne.
New US Air Force Budget Grounds Airshow Demonstration Teams - NYCAviation
The US Air Force will cut five of its six single-ship demonstration teams for the 2012 airshow season, according to a statement released Thursday on the Air Combat Command website. Citing budget constraints, only the Air Force’s flagship aircraft—the F-22 Raptor—survived the chopping block, subsequently banishing the A-10 Warthog East and West, F-16 Viper East and West, and the F-15E Sentry Eagle teams to the history books, at least for the 2012 airshow season.
TSA Ignored Scanner Cancer Warnings, US Offers F-35 to India: Final Call - NYCAviation
• A day after a ProPublica report revealed that the TSA ignored warnings about the radiation dangers of full-body scanners, the agency now says it will conduct a new safety study. [ProPublica] • Family members of a man killed in the Reno Air Races disaster have filed a $25 million lawsuit against the family of the crashed airplane’s pilot, Jimmy Leeward, as well as the plane’s mechanic, the Reno Air Racing Association, a manufacturer of aircraft parts and other parties.
On This Day in Aviation History: November 2nd - NYCAviation
2000 – The International Space Station receives its first long-term, three astronaut crew, Expedition One. The ISS has been continuously manned ever since. 1947 – The Hughes H-4 Hercules (NX37602), more widely known as the “Spruce Goose,” lifts about 70 feet above the water in a channel near Long Beach, Calif., flying in ground effect for about a mile. It’s the first and last flight for what at the time was the largest airplane ever built.
Unmanned Air Force Space Plane Could Be Modified to Carry Astronauts - NYCAviation
This story was originally published on Universe Today titled “Crewed Variant of X-37 Space Plane Proposed.” The Boeing Company is already working on the CST-100 space taxi as a means of transportation to and from the International Space Station (ISS).
Rotorfest 2011: Rotorheads' Delight - NYCAviation
More articles by Manny Gonzalez » Written by: Manny Gonzalez Tags: AH-64 Apache, Blackhawk, helicopter, rotorfest A gallery of this past weekend’s helicopter displays at the annual Rotorfest 2011 in West Chester, PA. PHOTOS: The Thunder Rolls at Shaw Air Force Base No More Helicopter Tours? New York and New Jersey Officials Seek a Ban Video: Helicopter Pilot In Portugal Fills Fire Fighting Bucket At Pool
Photos: First Boeing 787 Delivery Takes Off Into History
EVERETT, WASH. — Boeing wrapped up three days of events celebrating the first delivery of their new 787 Dreamliner Tuesday morning when Airplane 8 (JA801A), officially delivered to launch customer All Nippon Airways the day before, departed Paine Field for Tokyo Haneda. Photographers in the crowd welcomed the short delay that allowed the sun to rise enough to penetrate the perpetual overcast sky enough to make shutter release worth while.
Hypersonic Military Aircraft Disappears During Test Flight - NYCAviation
The U.S. military on Thursday lost contact with a hypersonic aircraft during a test flight over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) confirmed. The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) was launched aboard an Air Force Minotaur IV rocket at 7:45 a.m. local time from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. After the Minotaur rocket launched and neared orbit, it successfully inserted the HTV-2 into the desired trajectory.
Two Marines Rescued After Fighter Jet Crash off Mexican Coast
Two U.S. Marines were rescued safely after their fighter jet crashed off Mexico’s Pacific coast on late Wednesday evening, officials said on Thursday. US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet. (Photo by US Marine Corps) The two marines, who are based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, crashed their F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet on Wednesday night at around 10.15 p.m. local time and were reported missing.
President Obama Honors Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash - NYCAviation
U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday to honor the 30 U.S. troops who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday. Obama was accompanied by a number of senior government officials such as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, and U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. Approximately 250 family members and fellow service members also attended the ceremony.
US Army Helicopter Shot Down in Eastern Afghanistan Killing 38, Including 22 Navy SEALs - NYCAviation
A coalition helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday morning, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Afghan government officials said 38 people were killed, including 31 American troops and seven Afghan soldiers. CNN reported that 22 of those killed were members of the US Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six, the unit best known for assassinating Osama Bin Laden this past April, though sources say that none of those killed took part in that operation.
Photo Gallery: A Plane Geek's Memorable First Trip to Oshkosh - NYCAviation
More articles by NYCAviation Staff » Written by: NYCAviation Staff Tags: airshows, EAA Airventure 2011, Oshkosh (OSH), Southwest Airlines 39,000ft OVER THE WEST — For some reason, I doubt that most of the folks reading this post will be anything but familiar with the week-long aviation festival from heaven known as Oshkosh.
Pilot Attempting to Impress Woman Intercepted by F-16s After Straying Into Mexican Airspace - NYCAviation
Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small plane in Arizona Friday afternoon after it accidentally flew into Mexican airspace during an attempt to impress a woman, officials said. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said two F-16 fighter jets intercepted the small aircraft at approximately 12:50 pm Central Time when it was near Tucson, a city about 60 miles (98 kilometers) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. It had just re-entered U.S. airspace.
F-16 Pilot Still Missing Three Days After Crash in Nevada - NYCAviation
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday said search and rescue efforts were still being conducted for the missing pilot of an F-16 aircraft that crashed Tuesday evening in Nevada. The F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft took off from Nellis Air Force Base, which is located about 7 miles northeast of Las Vegas and was conducting air-to-air combat exercises about 150 miles north of the city.
U.S. Prosecutors Charge German Man with Murder of Airmen at Frankfurt Airport - NYCAviation
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged a German man with murdering two U.S. service members during a shooting spree at Frankfurt airport in early March. German officials previously described it as an act of terrorism. 21-year-old Arid Uka, who is also known as Abu Reyyan, was charged in Manhattan with five counts, including two counts of Murder of an Officer of the United States for the deaths of U.S. airmen Zachary Ryan Cuddeback and Nicholas Alden.
F-16 Pilot Ejects Safely as Fighter Jet Crashes in Southern Wisconsin
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force fighter jet that crashed in Wisconsin on Tuesday was able to eject safely, officials said. Tech. Sgt. Eric Chartre, F-16 Aircraft Maintenance Specialist for the WI Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing performs the lead position for hot pit refueling operations at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, WI on June 28, 2009.
Boeing 707 Tanker Crashes, Bursts Into Flames at California Naval Base - NYCAviation
A large tanker aircraft crashed at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in California late Wednesday afternoon, officials said, but all crew members survived the accident. Base spokesman Vance Vasquez said the accident happened at around 5.25 p.m. local time when a Boeing 707 tanker aircraft was attempting to depart from runway 2-1. “It was departing our main runway, 2-1, and it crashed at 5.25 p.m. and apparently it skidded off our main runway.
Live Video: Watch US Air Force Atlas 5 Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral Carrying Missile Warning Satellite - NYCAviation
UPDATE 5/6/11 2:05pm ET: All systems go for launch at 2:10pm on Saturday. Video courtesy of SpaceflightNow UPDATE 5/5/11 3:00pm: Launch scrubbed for Friday. A US Air Force Atlas 5 rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO-1 missile warning satellite is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Station on Friday at 2:14pm ET. Cloud cover at launch time made the launch a no go, but the launch window is open until 2:54pm ET.
Photo: US Air Force C-5 Galaxy Eats State-of-the-Art Missile Defense Satellite
Lockheed Martin's new SBIRS GEO-1 missile defense satellite is loaded onto a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Moffett Air Force Base in Sunnyvale, Calif. for delivery to Cape Canaveral. (Original photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin) The US Air Force has taken delivery of a first-of-its-kind Lockheed Martin SBIRS GEO-1 missile detection spacecraft, to be launched atop a United Space Alliance Atlas V rocket in early May.
Two American Servicemen Killed in Frankfurt Airport Attack - NYCAviation
Two people were killed on Wednesday after a gunman from Kosovo attacked a bus carrying U.S. soldiers at Frankfurt airport, German police said. The driver of the bus and a U.S. soldier were reportedly killed after shots were fired around 3:20 pm (1420 GMT) on a bus lane in the public part of Terminal 2 at the country’s largest international airport. At least one other person on the bus, also thought to be a soldier, was seriously injured in the attack, German press agency DPA reported.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 17th - NYCAviation
2006 – Aloha Airlines emerges from 14 months of bankruptcy protection. They would file for Chapter 11 again a little over two years later and cease passenger operations soon after that. 1988 – Asiana Airlines is established in Seoul, South Korea. Flights begin the following December with flights to Busan. 1974 – US Army Private Robert K. Preston steals a helicopter and hovers it above the White House for 6 minutes.
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