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Historians say that that meet, held in nearby Quincy, included over 27 airplanes, a dirigible, and several man-carrying kites. These entries participated in a precision flying competition, altitude and distance competitions, and a dive-bombing contest. The largest prize, of $10,000, went to a British aviator who flew a race at an average speed of about 58 miles per hour...
Arango says, "It's hard to realize what this event really means. 1910 was only seven years after the Wright brothers flew, and to have all the kinds of aircraft available here in Boston was incredible...
Outfitted in a tailored black flying suit and pearl-handled revolver, Ky was the flamboyant commander of South Viet Nam's air force and for a time the country's Premier and Vice President. As the Communists pressed on Saigon, he commandeered a helicopter and personally flew it to the deck of a U.S. ship. Ky, 54, who has owned several successful liquor stores in California, is planning to join a partnership that will develop Vietnamese fast-food outlets. He has been accused of leading a crime ring involving former South Vietnamese army officers, but is not the target...
...before they were allowed to immigrate to the U.S. TIME was able to get many of its Vietnamese employees and their families out of the collapsing country. Dang Nguyen, bureau manager from 1964 to 1975 and now the chief of Time Inc.'s wire room in New York City, flew out with his wife and six children on a U.S. Air Force plane a week before Saigon's fall. So did Staff Photographer Le-Minh Thai, now employed in the Los Angeles bureau. Bookkeeper Nga Thi Tran was able to get seats aboard a military helicopter three days later...
Although no specific charges have been filed against him so far, Caro Quintero is believed to have masterminded the murders of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar and a Mexican pilot who frequently flew for the agency; their badly beaten bodies were found in central Mexico last month. That incident severely strained U.S.-Mexican relations as U.S. officials accused Mexican authorities of helping Caro Quintero flee the country. At week's end El Chapo was flown to Mexico, where the U.S. hoped he would be prosecuted...