Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

   
CAMILLE BOHANNON

On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb is dropped on
Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally
in Japan’s unconditional surrender.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KATU) — The Tillamook Air Museum is
set to welcome a new addition to its collection on Monday.

An AV-8B Harrier is set to join the nearly three dozen
aircraft on display at the museum.

The Harrier will fly into Tillamook between 3:30 p.m. and
4:30 p.m., according to the museum’s Facebook page.

After a few safety components are removed, the public
will be welcome to approach the aircraft, meet the pilot
and maintenance crew, and take photos before it is
moved inside the museum.

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a
single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the
second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical
or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL).

The aircraft is primarily employed on light attack or
multi-role missions, ranging from close air support of
ground troops to armed reconnaissance.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, similar
to the one involved.

On July 31, 1973, Delta Flight 723 struck a concrete seawall
as it descended into Boston’s Logan International Airport
amid heavy ground fog.

The collision broke off some of the fuselage and the plane
slimed into the ground, breaking apart and bursting into
flames.

Almost all on board died instantly in what became the worst
air disaster at Logan and in all of New England.

An Air France Concorde jet crashed upon takeoff in Paris on
July 25, 2000, killing 109 passengers and crew onboard as
well as four people on the ground.

The Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed
an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes
in the plane’s 31-year history.

Air France Flight 4590 left DeGaulle Airport for New York with
nine crew members and 96 German tourists who were planning
to take a cruise to Ecuador.

Concorde jets went back into service in November 2001, but a
series of minor problems prompted both Air France and British
Airways to end Concorde service permanently in October 2003.