Boeing representatives tell ANN the first production CH-47F
Chinook helicopter successfully completed its first flight October
23 from its Rotorcraft Systems facility in Ridley Park, PA.
What could have been a harrowing experience for about 10
passengers riding on the Experimental Aircraft Association's B-17
"Aluminum Overcast" Wednesday morning, instead presented an
opportunity for them to spend an extra 30 minutes flying in the
skies over Houston... and get a first-hand lesson in
troubleshooting.
Floating alone in the open water of the Atlantic Ocean for more
than 24 hours with nothing more than an orange life vest left
Clinton Daughtry nothing but time to think about his life, a life
which the 27-year-old now credits to the 920th Rescue Wing. Crews
from the Air Force Reserve Command rescue wing were dispatched Oct.
1 to help find him and four other boaters more than 24 hours after
they were reported missing Sept. 30, some 15 miles off the coast of
Jacksonville, Fla.
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