Kevin George Francis Rescued Pilot, Himself After T-33
Accident
A British aircraft engineer who braved intense heat and thick,
acrid smoke to rescue his colleague from the wreckage of a vintage
aircraft accident will be awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Kevin George Francis was recommended for the honor for his actions
on September 6, 2006, when he worked for the
Aircraft Restoration Company at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in
Cambridgeshire.
What do you know about Glenn Curtiss? This site, created by the
Glenn Curtiss Historical Society provides much of what you need to
know about the Father of Naval Aviation.
Also called Shock Cooling, this condition concerns the rapid
change in engine operating temperature that occurs when engine
power is suddenly reduced at the same time the airspeed, and thus
the cooling, is increased.
"The President intends to designate Lynne A. Osmus, of
Virginia, to be Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, to become effective January 16, 2009."
Source: President Bush... with little fanfare
(well, NO fanfare), letting the world know that there was a new
Acting Adminstrator for the FAA....
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