Contrary to news accounts that have circulated since Thursday, new photographic evidence offered by Lazlo Kovacs reveals that 57-year-old airline pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III was not responsible for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. A single photo (above) shows President-elect Barack Obama saving the 155 passengers and crew members aboard [...]
SHOCK! Sullenberger Out as Flight 1549 ‘Hero’
January 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Pilots Do Deserve More Credit for Safety Record
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments
The headline that appeared above Kevin J. Cameron’s “Reader’s Opinion” piece in USA TODAY expressed his opinion well: Pilots Deserve More Credit for Safety Record. One day after yesterday’s “Miracle on the Hudson” river landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York City, few would argue with his logic. Cameron, an airline pilot from [...]
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Blogger Agrees with Union on Air Force Tanker
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s not often that this blogger agrees with labor union officials, but today I find myself in agreement with the International Association of Machinists on the matter of the Pentagon’s questionable awarding of a contract to to Northrop Grumman/EADS Airbus for delivery of the Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling aircraft. Below is the text of [...]
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Military Leaders Call for Review of Tanker Deal
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Since the Pentagon announced Feb. 29 that it had selected the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, based in France, as the primary recipient of a contract to build new Air Force tanker aircraft, I’ve vented my frustration in the form of a half-dozen pieces published here. Today, I offer another update in the form [...]
Tags: · Air Force, air force tanker aircraft, airbus, congress gao, eads, european aeronautic defence and space company, ff.org, frontiers of freedom, government accountability office, Pentagon, tanker contract
Boeing Continues Protest of Tanker Contract
May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The KC-767 Advanced Tanker developed by Boeing was sized to meet the aerial refueling requirements of the U.S. Air Force’s mission and exceeded performance requirements to replace the aging, yet storied fleet of KC-135 medium tankers (see photo above), according to a Boeing news release today. Despite the fact that the stated parameters for evaluating [...]
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Boeing Protests Air Force Tanker Contract Award
March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
One day after Northrop Grumman attempted to set the record straight regarding its victory in the battle over the coveted Air Force KC-45A tanker contract, The Boeing Company countered. In a news release this afternoon, the aerospace giant reported it had filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office and asked the agency to [...]
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Northrop Grumman Attempts to Set Record Straight
March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Northrop Grumman issued a news release this morning in an attempt to “set the record straight” concerning what the company calls “the U.S. Air Force KC-45A misinformation.” What the defense contractor conveniently overlooked in its effort to “spin” the news is the point I raised in a March 1 post, Medal of Honor Recipient Right [...]
Tags: · advanced tanker, aerial refueling, Air Force, air tanker, airbus, boeing, Congress, defense department, France, kc-45A, kc-767, Medal of Honor, northrop grumman, the boeing company
