On the same day the US Navy's Blue Angels lost one of
their pilots during a performance in South Carolina,
the US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team experienced
a mishap as well.
Pilot Declared Emergency, Avoided Coastal Power Plant
Two persons onboard a vintage T-28 Trojan escaped without injury
Tuesday, when their aircraft suffered an apparent engine fire that
forced them to ditch the aircraft on a beach near Oxnard,
CA.
Representatives with EADS tell ANN the company's fly-by-wire
aerial refueling boom has completed 25 test flights and logged over
70 flight hours, validating the system's capabilities through a
wide range of operating speeds and deployment conditions.
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