AirVenture marks a century of flight in Oshkosh
Oshkosh hosts the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture, billed as the world’s largest gathering of recreational aviation. The event celebrates 100 years since the Wright brothers first flight with a Wright replica and a large showing of homemade aircraft, military planes, and a flying hospital. About 60 FAA air traffic controllers oversee Wittman Field as roughly 30,000 takeoffs and landings occur during the weeklong event attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors.
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Fire crews use ping pong bombs to battle Glacier fires
In West Glacier near Glacier National Park, firefighters set incendiary ping pong ball bombs and backfires to clear 2000 acres of fuel as 500 residents evacuated and a 12,100 acre blaze advances. A helicopter dropped bombs while water bombers worked Lake McDonald. The three fires have burned nearly 50,000 acres with about 2000 firefighters on scene.
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Biplane Over Oshkosh as Airventure Prepares for 100 Years
A biplane flies over Oshkosh Wisconsin as the Experimental Aviation Association readies Airventure to mark a century of flight. The event features a Wright brothers perspective simulator recreating the 1903 Kitty Hawk flight and a week long air show.
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Slain councilman buried in Brooklyn church service
James Davis, 41, slain last week in a City Hall shooting by rival Othniel Askew, was remembered as a fighter for his people at a three hour funeral in Brooklyn. Police Commissioner Kelly praised his grit as Mayor Bloomberg Speaker Miller and Rev Sharpton attended. Davis became the first to lie in state at City Hall since 1918 after the service broadcast to outdoors.
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Democrats warn Dean’s liberal tilt could hurt bid
Democratic activists split on Howard Dean with liberals backing his antiwar stance while centrists fear Midwestern voters reject him. The Democratic Leadership Council labeled Dean too liberal, urging strategies to unseat Bush and warning his appeal to the far left may harm the party’s image nationwide.
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