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The 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash occurred on June 30, 1959, when a U.S. F-100 fighter jet crashed into Miyamori Elementary School in Ishikawa, Okinawa, killing 18 people, including 11 students, and injuring 210 others. The crash led to protests against U.S. military presence in Okinawa and calls for the return of the islands to Japan. [12]
The Navion was originally designed at the end of World War II by North American Aviation as the NA-143 (but produced under the NA-145 designation). [5] North American built 1,109 Navions in 1946–47, initially selling them at a below cost US$3,995, which later increased to $6,100, [6] although the actual cost of construction was $9,000. [7]
Ryan became involved in the missile and unmanned aircraft fields, developing the Ryan Firebee unmanned target drone, the Ryan Firebird (the first American air-to-air missile) among others, as well as a number of experimental and research aircraft. Ryan acquired a 50% stake in Continental Motors Corporation, the aircraft-engine builder, in 1965 ...
A Huntington Beach, California, man and his teen daughter are the apparent victims in the crash of a home-built airplane that happened on Thursday in Fullerton, California. The Fullerton Police ...
The Lost Children tells the true story of how Lesly, Tien, Soleiny and Cristin survived both a violent plane crash and over a month of living in the Amazon rainforest.. According to The Washington ...
Ryan welcomed seven kids in a 10-year span Al Bello/Getty Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the New York Jets walks off the field with his children after a game at MetLife Stadium on November 29, 2015 in ...
Design changes from the basic Navion structure included strengthened wing spars, that supported engine mounts and other components from Piper PA-18 Super Cub, plus new engine nacelles, a faired nose section that replaced the existing engine and cowling, and a new vertical tail and rudder based on the existing horizontal stabilizer. During ...
Five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural, wooded area, authorities said Monday. The ...