Archive for September 19th, 2006

Wing and a….gear…just one…

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Just watched on CNN Headline News a few minutes ago a story about a Cessna 172 pilot in Opa Locka, FL who had a hard landing that damaged his right main landing gear (MLG). He had cycled the LG multiple times, but the Rt MLG would just dangle there. I’m unable to find [...]

Sir, I’m sorry, you don’t make the cut.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

I’ve known about this for a little while, and I love the name of it. The DHS (whose name I personally don’t care for either) has come up with the Terrorist Screening Center. Watered down, it’s basically a centralized data warehouse for information known and suspected terrorists. Basically, it would identify people [...]

Amber Alert changes NOT needed.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

I saw this weekend that a 14yo female from the Camden area had been lured into the woods by a man, and held captive there since 06 Sep. The girl had been found based on cell phone signals, acoording to this CNN article I found tonight. In any event, the mother believes that an [...]