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...plane was on a simulated bombing run at the Air Force's training range near La Junta, Colo., when the pilot reported that a "bird ingestion" had caused fires in two of the craft's engines. The plane immediately climbed to 15,500 ft., presumably to give the crew time to jump, before crashing. The pilot's final, terse transmission: "We're going down." Three of the six crewmen were able to parachute to safety...
Though the B-1B's engines are designed to withstand most "bird strikes," investigators suspect that large Canada geese may have caused the fatal fire...
...three other cars are driving full speed toward each other--it's too late to avoid a collision. Horrific screeches and cries are audible as the vehicles crash head-on, and ignite into a massive cloud of smoke and fire. The Camera then pans back to a bird's-eye view of the carnage...
...Planes Flying at Night" that zipped into the sky like UFOs and always seemed to hover above our heads no matter how far we ran away. "Opening Flower and Happy Bird" no longer reminds me of a Sierra Club calender, but instead a frenzy of white sparks and screeching howls...
Harry Truman's Buxus sempervirens "Suffruticosa" is up to 10 ft. Because the White House police can no longer see over this boxwood hedge at the front entrance, it will soon be trimmed down for better security. And the Fagus sylvatica "Asplenifolia" trees, so lovingly planted by Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon, are gorgeously full of life, even though these fern-leaf beeches are close by the press area, where the air on most days is believed to be considerably hotter than normal...