Ever since Arlington Park s parent company Churchill Downs announced it was selling the iconic horse-racing venue earlier this year, speculation about the 326-acre parcel s future has run rampant. Here s what experts think of those prospects as Churchill s Tuesday deadline approaches for purchase offers.
The vulnerability of the subsonic U-2 spy plane spurred the SR-71’s development, CNN explained.
“In May 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace while taking aerial photographs. Initially, the U.S. government said it was a stray weather research aircraft, but the story fell apart once the Soviet government released photos of the captured pilot and the plane s surveillance equipment,”
The incident had immediate diplomatic repercussions for the Cold War and reinforced the need for a new type of reconnaissance plane that could fly faster and higher, safe from anti-aircraft fire. The CIA wanted a plane that could fly above 90,000 feet or thereabouts, at high speed and as invisible to radar as it was feasible, said Merlin.
IMAGES have been released of a plane crash in Somerset this week. Navy Wings Hawker Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) was forced to conduct an emergency landing in a field close to RNAS Yeovilton following a problem with the engine. Both pilots escaped injury but unfortunately the aircraft has been severely damaged. The Sea Fury, which was on a routine training flight, suffered a significant drop in engine oil pressure shortly after taking-off and climbing away from the airfield. The pilots, both highly experienced former naval pilots, immediately carried out the appropriate drills and transmitted a PAN call. They turned back and lined themselves up perfectly for a precautionary landing on Runway 04.
IMAGES have been released of a plane crash in Somerset this week. Navy Wings Hawker Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) was forced to conduct an emergency landing in a field close to RNAS Yeovilton following a problem with the engine. Both pilots escaped injury but unfortunately the aircraft has been severely damaged. The Sea Fury, which was on a routine training flight, suffered a significant drop in engine oil pressure shortly after taking-off and climbing away from the airfield. The pilots, both highly experienced former naval pilots, immediately carried out the appropriate drills and transmitted a PAN call. They turned back and lined themselves up perfectly for a precautionary landing on Runway 04.
IMAGES have been released of a plane crash in Somerset this week. Navy Wings Hawker Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) was forced to conduct an emergency landing in a field close to RNAS Yeovilton following a problem with the engine. Both pilots escaped injury but unfortunately the aircraft has been severely damaged. The Sea Fury, which was on a routine training flight, suffered a significant drop in engine oil pressure shortly after taking-off and climbing away from the airfield. The pilots, both highly experienced former naval pilots, immediately carried out the appropriate drills and transmitted a PAN call. They turned back and lined themselves up perfectly for a precautionary landing on Runway 04.