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On 23 July 2006, unexpected wind gusts loosened the inflatable structure from its moorings, causing the art piece to lift into the air. [1] Claire Furmedge (born c. 1968) and Elizabeth Collings (born c. 1938) were inside the inflatable structure when it lifted into the air, folded over itself, and crashed into a nearby carpark, where both were ...
The aircraft features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, an inflatable boat hull and a single engine in pusher configuration. The FIB has no wheeled landing gear, but as a result of customer demand it was later developed into the amphibious Polaris AM-FIB. [1]
Emily Lewis, 15, died after the high-speed rigid inflatable boat she was in crashed into a navigation buoy. Coroner calls for overhaul of regulations after death of girl in speedboat crash Skip to ...
On 12 May 1962, an Eastern Provincial Airways Canso amphibian flying boat operating for Greenlandair (now Air Greenland) sank at Godthåb (now Nuuk) in Greenland, causing the death of 15 passengers. [ 1 ]
Cavalier was a Short Empire flying boat with the registration G-ADUU that had been launched on 21 November 1936 and delivered to Imperial Airways. [2] In 1937, Imperial Airways and Pan American World Airways had opened up a London-New York-Bermuda flying-boat passenger service.
A fishing charter boat captain who rescued two parachuting Navy pilots after witnessing their unmanned fighter jet plummet into San Diego Bay described what he saw as something from a movie.. The ...
The flying boat reached Southampton on 10 July, the flight having taken 27 hours and 20 minutes of which 22 hours and 34 minutes was flying time. [23] On 13 October Yankee Clipper left Port Washington for Lisbon with 35 passengers (all but four alighting in Bermuda) and 1,385 pounds (628 kg) of mail, setting a record for the eastbound crossing ...
Families visit plane crash site days after disaster. Third helicopter pilot names as Capt Rebecca M. Lobach. Data from all three aircraft 'black boxes' being extracted. Photos show removal of ...