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Entries in Aviation (253)

Wednesday
Nov302011

Woman Gives Birth in Airport Restroom

Talk about an on time arrival.

A woman gave birth in a restroom at Baltimore's airport after arriving on a flight, an airport spokesman said on Monday.

The woman gave birth to a boy on Sunday afternoon at Concourse D of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the spokesman said.

Police and emergency medical personnel were called to the restroom and a Maryland Transportation Authority police officer assisted at the birth, he said.

The woman and the baby were transported to the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center and are in good condition, a hospital spokesman said.

Sunday
Nov132011

The Amazing Race Preview for "Super Shady"

The Amazing Race travels to Copenhagen for the first time, where a double U-turn jeopardizes team positions.  Is one team too far behind to catch up?  Tonight on CBS.

 

Saturday
Oct292011

Early Winter Storm to Hit Northeast

A major early-season snowstorm is expected Saturday as an area of low pressure tracks up the U.S. East Coast, bringing the possibility of significant snowfall in a broad band ranging from the central Appalachian to the southern New England regions.

Winter storm watches are in effect for parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, including the extreme northern and western suburbs of the Washington metro area.

Total snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches are forecast from the higher terrain of Virginia and West Virginia northeastward through eastern Pennsylvania, with a band of 8 to 10 inches possible from extreme northern Maryland northeastward through northern New Jersey and into western Massachusetts, the National Weather Service said in a statement.  Isolated spots could get a foot of accumulation.

The National Weather Service noted the precipitation should come to an end across the Mid-Atlantic states by Saturday night and across New England by late Sunday.

Cities and airports in the region are on alert for the snow and ice.

Thursday
Sep222011

"Dead" NASA Satellite Coming Back to Earth

The sky isn't following, but an old NASA satellite is.

A dead 6.5 ton NASA UARS satellite would make its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Friday, Sept. 23, bringing along a chance to watch a spectacular sky show. But NASA is still not sure where on Earth the satellite would land.

NASA added that the debris from the defunct satellite would not cause harm to humans.

NASA conducted a detailed re-entry risk assessment for UARS in 2002 and it showed that the debris from

UARS is not harmful to human beings. Following are the excerpts of the study:
* Number of potentially hazardous objects expected to survive: 26
* Total mass of objects expected to survive: 532 kg
* Estimated human casualty risk (updated to 2011): About 1 in 3200

Re-entry is expected sometime during Firday afternoon, Eastern Daylight Time. However, NASA said the satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period.

One can track the UARS satellite real-time at n2yo.com, a site created exclusively for FoxNews.
The 20-year-old satellite of the size of a bus was originally expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere either late September or early October but the re-entry has advanced due to a sharp increase in solar activity since the beginning of this week.

Saturday
Sep172011

Death Toll Rises to 9 in Reno Air Races Tragedy

As the death toll in Reno climbs to nine, a second vintage airplane crash occured on Saturday.

In Martinsburg, West Virginia, another old U.S. military plane went down in a fireball at an air show on Saturday, killing the pilot. There were no other casualties.

In the Reno crash, two people who died of injuries at hospitals and seven died on the tarmac following the Friday night crash, Reno Deputy Police Chief Dave Evans said. More than 50 people were injured. Officials said previously the crash killed at least three people.

The pilot, Jimmy Leeward, 74, was among those killed when his P-51 Mustang dubbed the "Galloping Ghost" crashed into a box seat area in front of the main grandstand, said Mike Draper, spokesman for the 48th Annual National Championship Air Races, also known as the Reno Air Races.

"It was like a war zone where the box seats were," Draper said.

Of the 35 injured in Reno, six were hospitalized in critical condition on Saturday, two were in serious condition and five in fair condition. One person was listed in good condition, and others had been discharged.

Draper said the planes sometimes fly at high speeds "about 50 feet off the ground and it's an exciting, exciting sight."

The thrill has been a deadly one on occasion, with a total of 28 people killed in the history of the race flown every year in Reno since 1964, Draper said.

"The Reno Air Racing Association extends its most sincere heartfelt condolences and sympathies to all of those affected by yesterday's tragic events," the association said in a statement.

Leeward was the son of a pilot and his own sons have also flown planes. He worked as a stunt pilot on some movies, including the 2002 release "Dragonfly."