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'Legends of Flight' Celebrate in Washington Despite Crash-Landing at Start
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIt was set to be a triumphant arrival for the Imax 3-D film "Legends of Flight," which opens Wednesday at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. To celebrate the world premiere in Washington on Tuesday, seven Stearman biplanes -- wooden aircraft used to train pilots during World War II -- would descend into Reagan National Airport bearing journalists and film critics to see the movie on the National Mall. It was 10:05 a.m., and I was mingling with the bleary-eyed travelers waiting for their flights in a handful of rocking chairs in front of windows overlooking DCA's main runway. "What's that?" ...
WWII-Era Plane Crashes Off Florida Coast, Killing 2
By not in system - AOL NewsMIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (March 7) - A neurosurgeon has died after the plane he was flying crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle. His passenger also was killed in the incident. WKRG-TV says Dr. Evan Zeiger was flying a World War II era plane in formation with several other aircraft when the crash occurred Saturday. The report says Zeiger came from Birmingham, Ala. It says Coast Guard rescue crews found Zeiger, his passenger and the wreckage in water 50 feet deep. It does not identify the passenger. Coast Guard Petty Officer Stephen Lehmann says the Walton County Sheriff's ...
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