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April 17, 2009

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report On P-40 Downing

Witnesses Describe Entry Into Spin

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report into the August 5, 2009 downing of a World War II-vintage Curtiss-Wright P-40 fighter off the coast of upstate New York. As ANN reported, the crash claimed the life of the only person onboard, veteran airshow pilot and vintage aircraft enthusiast Robert Baranaskas.

A Unique View On A Unique Job....

Talk about a job that DOES ivolve some heavy lifting -- ask Kenny Chapman about what he does to fight the scourge of fire via one of the most incredible flying machines ever built... the Sikorski/Erickson Air-Crane.

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Klyde Morris (04.17.09)

Klyde's Concerned With Single-Pilot Safety...

Aero-Linx!

VPNAVY is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Navy flying "ASW" (VP/VPB) Patrol Aircraft. VPNAVY has attempted to collect every available piece of information via the Internet.

Aero-Terms!

A small clearing in the dust clouds of Sagittarius, near the globular cluster NGC 6522, through which astronomers can view stars in the galactic bulge.

"I want the planes to be as safe as possible, but this is just going too far. The name of safety is overtaking personal privacy and I think that's wrong."

Source: Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz. The freshman lawmaker's first-ever bill will be to block the Transportation Security Administration from replacing old-school airport metal detectors with full-body imaging scanners.