Of the deceased 3 is a bit of a jekyll and hyde aircraft because it has a civilian life but it also has this military life. During the 2nd want more the d. C. 3 helps the allied forces secure victory. In the cold war it saved west bonnet from a song via takeover. Garden kelloggs ford we were not afraid of these kind of bombers think that if we all knew that they had come to help us is. In vietnam however the savior plane became a vicious weapon sent in by night. Following her military career at this chameleon of the skies transforms are self once more she becomes an airliner again and a grand lady of postwar aviation. D. C. Threes many names reflect its long and storied history sky sleep dakota candy boma and c 47. Has gone for decades i mean what other aircraft can you say has flown for nearly a century and continues to fly. And know of a plane in the wild has been built in such numbers. The d. C. 3 was launched in california in 1936 and in just 10 years more than 16000 of them were p
Memorable stories from witness over the last 12 months. Welcome to the special edition of witness from the British Library. Hello and welcome to a special edition of witness with me tanya beckett, here at the British Library in london. Well be looking at five of the most memorable stories from the witness team from the past 12 months. Well meet an archaeologist whos worked on the Terracotta Army site for decades in china. A friend of anti apartheid icon steve biko. And the mother of one of argentinas disappeared children. But first, after independence in 19117 india was split into two states. One of the majority muslim, the other majority hindu. The repercussions of that split are still being felt. Mohammad amir mohammea khan, the raja of mahmudabad, tells witness how partition affected his family and his home. I am Mohammad Amir mohammad khan, known as sulaiman to family and friends, the raja of mahmudabad. I am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, includi
Best selling soft drink are changing the formula to cut its sugar content by nearly half before a government levy on sugary drinks comes into effect. Lorna gordon has the details. It has been called scotlands other national drink, and the fizzy beverage with its distinctive orange colour has a loyal following. But the amount of sugar in irn bru is about to be halved. And not everyone is happy. I got up one morning after a night out and i is happy. I got up one morning after a night outand i had is happy. I got up one morning after a night out and i had gone to the usual irn bru and i was going through facebook and i heard the news, the sad news. Just couldnt do it. Couldnt do it. And without any option to get the original stuff. It is part of our culture, it is a Scottish National treasure. Ryan is storing bottles in his arctic. This is my stash. He is also behind a petition calling for the soft drink to remain unchanged. More than 20,000 people have now signed. The makers of irn bru s
Those who do find shelter are happy to be anywhere but outside. We see an average of 700 800 people every single day. Sometimes there are people who come in when its extremely cold who wont come in when its not so cold. A sudden drop in temperatures can hit hard anywhere. In florida, where in some parts snow fell for the first time in 30 years, cold seas saw hundreds of turtles rescued after their muscles started seizing up. As thousands of snow ploughs are deployed throughout the eastern seaboard, forecasters warn that the weekend could bring record breaking low temperatures. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather prospects. Not quite as bad here. You are quite right, not quite as bad. But we are heading for a hard frost in the far north. We may see some record breaking temperatures. Lets bask in some of the good news. It is cold out there but its beautiful from some, with lots of sunshine. A north easterly winds which makes it feel quite warm, particularly on these exposed coasts
I am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace in mahmudabad, in which we still live. But the Indian Government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. No one is paying for it, so these days, everything is crumbling. This dispute goes back to 1910. The partition of india into two states, a muslim majority state called pakistan, and a hindu majority state of india. It was estimated that a Million People died. Ten Million People were displaced. Some muslims went to the state of pakistan. Many hindus came to india. It was not just the country that was divided. Families were divided, too. In the late 50s, my father took pakistani nationality, and that is when my familys problems began, because when india and pakistan went to war in 1965, the government laid claim to our properties. There was an act of parliament called the enemy property act, which empowered the government to take over, temporarily, the properti