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An artist's conception of the Aurora aircraft (Janes conception, appearing in Advanced Tactical Fighters) Aurora is a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown and it has been termed a myth. [1] [2] The U.S. government has consistently denied such an aircraft was ever built.
Aurora was launched at Whitby in 1808. She did not enter Lloyd's Register until 1814, when she became a transport operating out of Plymouth. In 1820 she carried settlers to South Africa. Thereafter she traded to the Baltic and North America. In 1830 she transferred her registry to Hull. She was last listed in 1847.
The jet found at Whitby, in England, is the "Jet Rock" [9] unit of the Mulgrave Shale Member, which is part of the Whitby Mudstone Formation. This jet deposit was formed approximately 181 million years ago, during the Toarcian age of the Early Jurassic epoch. [10] [11] [12] Whitby Jet is the fossilized wood from species similar to the extant ...
The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the Roman goddess of dawn who flies across the sky each morning ahead of the sun. [1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair ...
Bay class – 21 ships (redesigned Loch class for anti-aircraft escort) Type 15 – 23 ships (full rebuilds of World War II destroyer hulls) Type 16 – 10 ships (partial rebuilds of wartime destroyer hulls) Type 41 Leopard class – 4 ships; Type 61 Salisbury class – 4 ships; Type 12 Whitby class – 6 ships; Type 12M Rothesay class – 9 ships
American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board both aircraft died.
The aircraft was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members at the time. At least 19 bodies had been recovered from the Potomac River by 2:50 a.m. ET, a law enforcement source familiar with the ...