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An 11-year-old girl was struck and killed by a boat while tubing at a camp, Michigan authorities said. A 25-year-old lifeguard and 29-year-old “spotter” took a group of children out tubing on ...
A more recent variant of towed tubing is "kite tubing". When tubes being towed on water reach high speeds, they may take flight. This is because the body of the tube acts as an airfoil and creates lift. In this way, the tube becomes a kite. A tube's ability to achieve and maintain flight depends on a number of factors including the speed at ...
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In Brazil, kites are ubiquitous, with kite flying even recognized as a cultural and historical heritage by legislation passed by Rio's municipal assembly in 2021. Some say kites were brought to ...
The murder of Renisha Marie McBride (April 11, 1994 –November 2, 2013), a 19-year-old African American teenager, occurred on November 2, 2013, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Renisha McBride crashed her car while intoxicated at a street in Detroit , and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the ...
Kites and Planes: A young boy flies a kite near an electricity pylon (transmission tower), not realizing that the kite control cord is a conductor. The boy receives a shock when the kite makes contact with a conductor on the 132,000 volt pylon. As a stand-alone TV broadcast, it is assumed the incident is fatal.
Naomi Pomeroy, a celebrated Portland chef and restaurateur, has died at the age of 49. On July 15, Pomeroy’s family confirmed to Portland Monthly that she drowned in a tubing accident.. The ...
Among the fatalities was actress Carole Lombard. October 30, 1941 14 1 1 Northwest Airlines Flight 5: Moorhead: Minnesota: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft developed severe icing on its wings and crashed. The captain was the sole survivor, though he would die a year later in another aviation accident. February 26, 1941 8 8 8 Eastern Air Lines Flight ...