Archive for August, 2012
19
Aug
ESPONAGE CONVICTION ON THIS DAY IN 1960
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (center) during his Soviet tribunal
The Lockheed U-2
Wreckage of the downed spy plane
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18
Aug
HAS DEBRIS OF LOST PLANE BEEN FOUND?
Amelia Earhart
(Reuters) – A team of researchers trying to solve the mystery of aviator
Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance said on Friday that underwater
video from a Pacific island has revealed a field of man-made debris
that could be remnants of her plane.
The footage was collected in July by The International Group for Historic
Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) during a $2.2 million expedition to Nikumaroro
in the Republic of Kiribati.
Amelia Earhart‘s Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Underwater video showing a semicircle at top (the fender?) and a round object
off to right. (Click to enlarge)
18
Aug
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. is 76 today
A young Robert Redford as Mr. Death from The Twilight Zone
episode “Nothing In The Dark”, Jan. 5, 1962
18
Aug
EXPEDITION LEADER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1774
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809)
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