Monthly Archives: May 2019

Boeing says decision on new airplane will come this year

EVERETT — The Boeing Co. will decide by the end of the year whether to offer an all-new airplane, the aerospace giant told The Daily Herald. It was the first definitive statement on the timing of a decision since the … Continue reading

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Remembering the time that Farmington was ‘bombed’

Jon Cozean holds up a picture of a B-24 bomber. Article source: https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/remembering-the-time-that-farmington-was-bombed/article_4e3be010-45bd-530d-923b-f216b46e14f1.html

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West Bexar County man, 71, accused of shooting, killing wife during argument identified

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – UPDATE: The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect accused of shooting and killing his wife as Louis Joseph Benevento, 71. A mugshot has not yet been released.  The Medical Examiner’s Office idenified the 62-year-old victim as … Continue reading

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Wood | In the skies above Eastern Oregon | Columnists

From a very early age, I have been interested in — or perhaps more correctly stated, enthralled by — airplanes. My grade school drawing-doodles were frequently rudimentary depictions of the “dogfight” scenes (much of which was actual archival footage) I … Continue reading

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Wildfires rage in Israel during heatwave

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Firefighters on Thursday battled wildfires that scorched swathes of forests in central Israel, forcing some small towns to be evacuated, during a heatwave that brought record temperatures to parts of the country. Rescue efforts focused on a … Continue reading

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Flashback Friday: the history of air freight

In previous Flashback Friday articles, various aspects of the history of trucking, railroads and shipping have been covered. Today’s article is an overview of the history of air cargo. FreightWaves has three experts covering air cargo/air freight on an ongoing … Continue reading

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History’s Headlines: First Flight – 69News WFMZ

69 News 69 News On the evening of Monday June 19th 1922, the members of the Allentown Radio Club got some exciting news: U.S. Navy Captain Walter Hinton, pilot of the NC-4, the first plane to cross the Atlantic in … Continue reading

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