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Two Canadian companies have partnered to come up with a relatively simple fix for a design quirk on Cessna 206s that has been blamed for the loss of at least eight lives over the past 30 years. Coast Dog Aviation and Airworthiness Resources Corp., of Vancouver, teamed up to install a spring-loaded corner on the forward rear cargo door that allows it to be opened when the flaps are deployed. Without the mod, the door only opens about eight inches before hitting the flap and that also interferes with the routine opening of the rear door, effectively blocking the way out for passengers.
the inside out and so to restore the building we have to take the entire structure down to the foundation, remove that faulty structural support and then rebuild it using original it terra cotta blocks and then also re-creating the broken terra cotta blocks in new terra cotta in buffalo, new york. and so by the end of the restoration process, the pavilion will be restored back to what captain pabst enjoyed in the 19th century. that small building, which has been converted into a chapel and thousand is our gift shop, we re looking to re-create it as the pabst palm garden, a tasting room for pabst products at the end of our tour. and so kind of bringing together captain pabst s business interests but also re-creating it as the conservatory that he wanted at the mansion for a budget of about $6 million we will have this amazing, amazing re-created space at the pabst mansion. the pavilion itself has actually more national significance than the mansion does itself because it s one
sites. each sunday evening at 7:30 now through labor day weekend american history tv features our series the contenders. 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history. this sunday the great compromiser henry clay. his famous comment i would rather be right than be president i think still speaks to us. it s a call to people all across whatever we re doing, whether we re in politics or something else is to do the right thing. he also said, you know, that in a sense, that politicians need to remember their country and sacrifice for the country. i think that is still something that we need to remember as well. also this weekend, we ll feature the history of wichita as part of our visit to the largest city in kansas. american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. at the outbreak of the civil war in the spring of 1861, washington,
away. and i think the internet community keeps you a lot can keep you a lot more honest. our coverage of a panel on journalism and digital media by the columbia journalism review was the most watched event in the past week at the c-span video library with 20,000 views. plus you can, you can clip portions of the event, email and blog post at cspan.org/videolibrary. each week american artifacts takes viewers to sites around the country. at the outbreak of the civil war this the spring of 1861 washington, d.c. was a lightly defended city and vulnerable to attack. with only one fort 12 miles south of the city. and the confederate state of virginia across the potomac river. by 1865 the nation s capital had become the most fortified city in the world with a ring of 70 armed forts and batteries circling the city. we visited three of the surviving forts with dale floyd. right now we are in the museum at fort ward with a variety of artifacts in it. one of the thins they have a