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Island Express, the company that owns the helicopter involved in the fatal crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others, has suspended its other helicopter operations.
On the evening of Monday, November 8, 2010, an unusually conspicuous contrail appeared about 35 miles (56 km) west of Los Angeles, California in the vicinity of Catalina Island. News footage [ a ] of the event from a KCBS helicopter led to intense media coverage and speculation about a potential military missile launch, with many reporters and ...
Santa Catalina Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, and also known as Pimu [1] as the traditional name of the Indigenous people of the Tongva Tribe) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island covers an area of ...
William Wrigley, Jr. gained control of Santa Catalina Island in 1919 and developed much of the infrastructure there in the 1920s, such as the Catalina Casino.In 1931, Wrigley decided to provide air service to the island directly rather than relying on Western Air Express, an effort led by his son, Philip K. Wrigley through Wilmington-Catalina Airline. [1]
Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff's departments found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport. Five people were dead at the scene.
Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island. Officials want to hunt animals from helicopters. ... Officials want to hunt animals from helicopters. Skip to main ...
At 19:10 local time on 29 October 2009 (02:10 on 30 October UTC), a Lockheed HC-130H Hercules aircraft of the United States Coast Guard and a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter of the United States Marine Corps collided in mid-air. The location of the accident was 24 kilometres (15 mi) east off San Clemente Island, California.
Flying a small plane into Catalina Island’s airport can be a bit like landing on an aircraft carrier. It has one narrow runway perched high on a mesa with steep cliffs at either end tumbling ...