thousands of turkeys are to be culled after a second outbreak of highly contagious bird flu in norfolk. he s bird flu in norfolk. played it boldly. that could be magical. peter alliss, the voice of golf, who s died aged 89. more news at the top of the hour. now, tom brook marks the 40th anniversary of the murder of former beatle john lennon in new york, using his own recollections as a journalist, and assesses his powerful legacy a0 years on. archive: any doubts about the beatles‘ reception in america were dispelled the moment they touched down. friday, february 7, 1964. a pan am boeing 707 jet called clipper defiance from london taxis to its destination,
the constant phoenix. and that variant of that plane was specially modified to fly around the world, taking samples of the air, sniffing the atmosphere for signs that someone, somewhere on earth, had set off a nuclear explosion. constant phoenix. that variant of a stratolifter went up for first time in 1965, the height of the terror of the cold war, and it was used to identify any secret nuclear tests or blasts or even accidents that some country was trying to keep secret. the nuclear blast-sniffing constant phoenix, amazing in its own right, but then it, itself, was modified into something else. it got modified into these. these planes are very, very specialized planes, and they are used for one very specific purpose, even more specific that be the nuclear sniffers that they were derived from. these planes are used for surveillance under a treaty
name, right? the c-135 stratolifter. it is still to this day a workhorse transport plane for the united states air force. in the mid- 60s, 1965, boeing started making a special variant of the c-135 stratolifter. and the special variant they made, cool name alert, it was called the constant phoenix. and that variant of that plane was specially modified to fly around the world, taking samples of the air, sniffing the atmosphere for signs that someone somewhere on earth had set off a nuclear explosion. constant phoenix. that variant of the stratolifter went into use for the first time in 1965, the height of the terror of the cold war. it was used to identify any secret nuclear tests or blasts or even accidents that some country was trying to keep secret. the nuclear blast-sniffing constant phoenix, amazing in its own right, but then it, itself,
rectified and pilots will be given extra training. rectified and analysed and test flowed and checked in simulators like no other function in the world on an aircraft. it is the most thoroughly vetted flight function and flight computer software in the world. the plane will be allowed back in the air. the question is whether passengers will ever be happy to get aboard. (tx) nicola sturgeon says work is being done across the uk to allow people to meet for christmas. at today‘s coronavirus briefing in edinburgh, the first minister explained that the scottish government is in discussion with the rest of the uk in the hope of reaching a nationwide consensus. we are all desperate for some normality at christmas and i absolutely include myself in that. the scottish government right now is working very closely and well with other uk nations to try and agree a way for that to happen.
secretary donald rumsfeld at the pentagon. the boarding of the uss iwo jima by helicopter in the persian gulf. we fired the best of the army s weaponry in the kuwait desert ten miles from iraq. we boarded the most secret surveillance aircraft in qatar. and we targeted a military outpost in the horn of africa, in gentleman budy. i returned home from this program impressed with the men and women who wore the uniform of our country overseas. but i was increasingly disenchanted with the administration because i thought they had taken their eye off the ball with regard to the hunt for bin laden. more than any other issue this is what would event lyle lead me to support obama bom for president. when senator obama first came on my radio program, 2008, he