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Huffman Aviation, tucked on Florida's Gulf Coast between Tampa and Fort Myers, is just such a place. The weather is good. Gas and airplane rentals are cheap--you can fly a Cessna 150 single-engine plane for $55 an hour, 40% less than what you might pay in a...
They seemed to be in a rush to fly the big planes. Long before they were really ready, before they had the 1,000 or so hours any airline would demand of a future jet pilot, they invested in expensive time in a training device. The 727 full-motion simulator...
The stack became a heap, then a small mountain. By Thursday night, the 4-ft. mound of tributes to the fire fighters of Engine 54/Ladder 4 in New York City's Hell's Kitchen--food donations, flowers, cards, American flags and photos of the station's fire fighters missing at...
Engine 54 sent 15 men to the first report of trouble Tuesday morning. None came back. The 45 fire fighters left behind spent an exhausting week consoling their colleagues' loved ones, digging through the wreckage, hopeful and fearful of finding their brethren. "I don't have words," says 12-year...
For the myriad small villages that make up the city, the local firehouse is not just a protector but a nerve center, a town square and a hearth. JoAnn McCluskey, whose husband was with Engine 54 before his death five years ago, says, "This place was like a family. We...