Members of EAA Chapter 1172 in Willmar, MN,have volunteered to
restore a Cessna L-19 Birddog that plunged into nearby Green Lake
nearly 47 years ago. The Army airplane, which will be removed from
the lake on Saturday, August 13, crashed on October 15, 1958,
killing pilot Capt. Richard P. Carey of Willmar. Carey's body was
found two weeks later, but the aircraft was never recovered.
Will Install LITENING AT Pods For Better Targeting
Northrop Grumman says it has been awarded a contract by the US
Marine Corps to begin outfitting their F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with
LITENING AT pods and pylons. LITENING AT is a self-contained,
multisensor laser target-designating and navigation system and the
pods are equipped with the new data link "plug-and-play" technology
that enables them to accept a variety of data links without any
modification to the pod or aircraft.
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