Ercoupe – A Plane I Want to Fly at The Aviation Weblog
Don't ask me why, but I've fallen in love with the Ercoupe. Maybe it's because in it's day it was touted as the safest plane in the air, stall-proof in fact. Though I'd have to see that to believe it. Perhaps it's because it's inexpensive to own and maintain, or because there are so many cool paint jobs in photos I've seen. You can really "personalize" this little plane. Whatever [...] Read More
Plane Crashes in Florida Killing Five at The Aviation Weblog
A plane traveling from Daytona Beach to Lakeland crashed into a Florida neighborhood, killing the two passengers and three people on the ground. The crash also started two house fires and burned three people. A small plane carrying the husband of a NASCAR executive crashed into a neighborhood while trying to make an emergency landing Tuesday, killing five people and starting two house fires that seriously burned three other people, authorities [...] Read More
Turkish Plane Crash Kills 56 at The Aviation Weblog
Early Friday morning, 56 people were killed after an Atlasjet plane crashed in southwest Turkey shortly before landing. Officials are sifting through the plane's wreckage found near the town of Keciborlu and cannot determine what caused the crash, although they report the weather was good. Witnesses said the pilot informed the tower they were inbound, then the plane disappeared. Pieces of wreckage and personal belongings were strewn across a vast area [...] Read More
Rocket Plane of the Near Future? at The Gadgets Weblog
I just read a fascinating article in Popular Mechanics about the development of two new missile technologies by the Pentagon. One would modify the existing Trident ballistic missile into a conventional-weapon- (as opposed to nuclear) armed missile that could hit targets without causing the horrific side-effects of a nuclear assault. The second one is a new technology for cruise missiles which would allow them to hit speeds of 3,600 MPH [...] Read More
Some of the victims of the plane crash in Brazil will not be identified at Latina Viva
FearSome of the victims of the plane crash in Brazil will not be identified, not even by DNA tests. There are bodies so burnt that they are incinerated (reduced to ashes), what makes impossible any kind of identification. The specialists estimate that the fire temperature reached 1.000ºC. In cremation ovens, for instance, the bodies are burnt at temperatures that vary from 400ºC to 1.200ºC. The IML (Instituto Médico Legal, the [...] Read More