Showing posts with label RIP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RIP. Show all posts
Monday, July 21, 2025

The Highest-Scoring Ace of The Jet Age Has Gone West

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Israeli Air Force Brigadier General (ret) Giora Epstein died this weekend at the age of 87. General Epstein is the highest scoring ace of th...
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Thursday, July 17, 2025

A Skydiving Giant Has Gone West

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Felix Baumgartner, famous for, among many other feats, being the first skydiver to break the sound barrier from 24 miles up, was killed toda...
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Saturday, July 02, 2022

Sad News From The Battle Creek Air Show

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WMMT: One dead after truck explosion at Field of Flight in Battle Creek The Shockwave Jet Truck was racing two planes as part of the Field o...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2020

Ave Atque Vale, Constable Matt Panzer

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My cousin, and one of my best friends, RCMP Constable Matt Panzer, just lost his battle with PTSD. Matt served with distinction in the RCMP,...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

RIP Martin J. Tibbitts, Founder of World Heritage Air Museum

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Mr. Tibbitts died at Sheboygan Wisconsin's airport on the way to Oshkosh in a crash on takeoff of the World Heritage Air Museum's de...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Today, The Loss Of One Of The Greatest Aviators To Have Slipped The Surly Bonds Of Earth

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MPR: Bob Hoover, One of history's Greatest Pilots Dead at 94 A World War 2 Fighter pilot, A test pilot, and an aerobatic pilot extrao...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Dinkheller Incident - A Sobering Look At How Everything Can Go Wrong, Fast

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Thanks to Andrew Kirch on the book of the face, I got to look at a rather sobering and quite horrifying video on how badly things can go in...
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Monday, April 08, 2013

Farewell To The Iron Lady

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Another giant among mankind has departed, leaving the world a poorer place. Where Great Britain used to be, there once was a Prime Minister...
Monday, September 10, 2012

West Bloomfield Officer Down

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The Detroit News Suspected gunman in officer's death had just gotten divorced, faced eviction I won't say much about the scumbag k...