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Less than one minute after takeoff, the aircraft plunged 400 feet and fell through the roof of the Yacht Club building, on 45 Memorial Drive, at about 9:33 a.m., said eyewitnesses on the scene yesterday...
Basing his opinion on eyewitness accounts, Bennett said the aircraft probably malfunctioned and lost power to its engines. When this emergency--known as auto-rotation--occurs, the pilot must reverse the angle of the aircraft's propellers and keep the helicopter airborne by forcing air through the engine...
...time of the crash, the aircraft was heading west towards Cambridge when it suddenly banked to right and fell at a45 degree angle. The rotor was not turning at thetime of impact, observers said...
...will reconstruct the aircraft piece bypiece," Bennett said. "They should be able to comeup with a good idea of why it crashed...
Your article, for which I was interviewed, misrepresents several key points regarding the discussion of the need for more B-2 bombers. You say that Northrop Grumman's firm fixed-price offer for 20 additional B-2s is ``dubious,'' that these aircraft will be ``stripped-down'' versions with ``scant strategic value.'' Northrop Grumman's firm fixed price offers new B- 2s for an average price of $570 million each. Those who question the validity of this price fail to understand the meaning of the term firm fixed price. It means just what it says. It's true there are additional...