Eight people were hurt -- one seriously -- when a Pilatus Porter
carrying a load of skydivers aloft crashed upon take-off at the
airport in Deland, FL, Monday.
Longtime balloonist Richard Abruzzo is recovering in a Garden
City, KS hospital today following 5-hour surgery on a shattered
wrist, among the injuries he suffered after falling approximately
15 feet from the gondola of his gas balloon Sunday night.
By Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien
Well, the Rocket Racing League is a reality and you can read all
about it alongside, here. For reasons evident in the news story,
Jim's objectivity on the whole enterprise is a bit... er... weaker
than usual. And who can blame him? Because this is one of the best
indicators that air racing has, not just a fabled past, but a
secure future.
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