--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00003 Date: 01/22/98 From: TONY PATON Time: 01:05pm \/To: RICHARD BRICE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: NTSB PART IV -=> While breaking out of cloud Richard Brice boldly told All about NTSB PART IV RB> NTSB PART IV I hope this is part one! \ ------------ >-==- TONY PATON / ... "Generals don't smash chairs over people's heads!" -- Rimmer ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: Aquarius BBS - Realtime internet access (3:714/930) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00004 Date: 01/20/98 From: VINCE COEN Time: 02:10pm \/To: JIM SANDERS (Read 0 times) Subj: news-967 Hello Jim! Thursday January 15 1998, Jim Sanders writes to Uwe Wolfram: >> BTW, got a V.34+ up and running. JS> Good... I have the X2 versions but do not have the lines to carry the JS> speed. The best connect speed that I get constantly is 31200... X2 only works when connected to a digital exchange and modem. This usually means to someone running USR I-Modems. Vince --- ADEPT 1.11/GoldED/2 2.50+#10UK3 under OS/2 * Origin: Air Applewood; OS/2 Gateway to Essex +44-1279-792300 (2:257/609) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00005 Date: 01/22/98 From: VINCE COEN Time: 09:30am \/To: RICHARD BRICE (Read 0 times) Subj: NTSB PART IV Hello Richard! Tuesday January 20 1998, Richard Brice writes to All: RB> NTSB PART IV RB> The Structure of NTSB Investigations: Did I miss the first three parts? Vince --- ADEPT 1.11/GoldED/2 2.50+#10UK3 under OS/2 * Origin: Air Applewood; OS/2 Gateway to Essex +44-1279-792300 (2:257/609) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00006 Date: 01/21/98 From: JIM SANDERS Time: 11:42am \/To: LIONEL BINNIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: news-876 LIONEL, In a message dated 01-1798 you wrote ... > JS> I met a lot of your Bomber Command at Stalag Luft III North > JS> Compound... also some from Fighter.... :) > > Stalag Luft III? Lucky man! > > What were you on? I was Bombardier on B-17s flying out of Italy with the 15th AF. I was shot down on my 31st mission. -=* Jim Sanders *=- === * MsgView V1.13 [R028] * --- DB 1.39/004487 * Origin: Volunteer BBS (423) 694-0791 V34+/VFC (1:218/1001.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00007 Date: 01/21/98 From: JIM SANDERS Time: 03:42pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: News-987 German military plane missing over North Sea BONN - Jan 21, 1998 07:43 a.m. EST - A German Tornado jet with two officers on board has been missing since Tuesday evening when it disappeared over the North Sea, the German navy said Wednesday. The navy said the plane lost radar and radio contact about 10 sea miles off the island of Borkum on the way back from a training flight over the Netherlands. German and Dutch aircraft and boats were taking part in a search operation that had not yet yielded any results, the navy said. There were no indications as to what had caused the problem, it added. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Couple pleads not guilty to stealing TWA 800 wreckage UNIONDALE, New York -- Jan 20, 1998 Web 11:52 p.m. EST -- A couple accused of stealing wreckage from the investigation site of TWA Flight 800 pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday. Journalist James Sanders and his wife, Elizabeth, a flight attendant with TWA, are charged with felony theft for allegedly obtaining a swatch of seat fabric from the closely guarded hanger where the Boeing 747 was being reconstructed last spring. The plane's center fuel tank exploded, but the cause of the blast remains unclear, and the National Transportation Safety Board isn't expected to release a probable cause for at least several months. The FBI has concluded the crash was not the result of a criminal act. Even with the charges pending against him, Sanders remains committed to his theory that the government is covering up the accidental firing of a Navy missile at TWA Flight 800. His efforts to prove his point made headlines last March. Sanders, who was a police officer before he became a writer, tested seat fabric from the wreckage and claimed it showed residue of what could have been missile fuel. James Kallstrom, the former assistant director of the FBI who was involved in the crash investigation, has vehemently denied Sanders' claim. "It's not rocket fuel. It never was rocket fuel, and it never will be rocket fuel," he said. In December, Sanders, his wife, and Terrell Stacy, a TWA pilot assigned to assist in the crash investigation, all were charged with stealing the material from the hangar where the plane was being reconstructed. Stacy accepted a plea bargain and is expected to testify against Sanders and his wife. Sanders is planning a defense strategy based on the First Amendment. "I can't believe that any responsible journalist would not take the step and test the Constitution and take the material and have it analyzed," said Jeffrey Schlanger, Sanders' attorney. Sanders and his attorney insist the case is no different from others in which journalists base reports on restricted material. But one expert on free press issues says the First Amendment pro- tects the right to publish but does not grant access to private or government property. Mary Cheh of Georgetown University Law School said the government's case against James and Elizabeth Sanders alleges that they stole government property. "That makes it an entirely different sort of a case," she said. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Boeing sees $1.4B charge Costs associated with elimination of old McDonnell Douglas product lines NEW YORK - Jan 21, 1998: 9:34 a.m. ET - Boeing Co. plans to re- duce its pretax profits by $1.4 billion to write off inventories and other costs associated with eliminating product lines belonging to the old McDonnell Douglas Corp., which it acquired in April 1997. The nation's largest jet maker said Wednesday the special charge will result in net losses for the fourth quarter and the full-year. Boeing is scheduled to report results Jan. 27. Still, chairman and chief executive Phil Condit said earnings and cash flow from operations will be within the range of estimates. Analysts project operating earnings of 30 cents a share. Boeing said the charge represents an adjustment to re-evaluate inventory at the Douglas Products division and adjustments in con- nection with customer financing. In November, the company said it will discontinue production of the MD-80 and MD-90 twinjets by the middle of next year. === --- DB 1.39/004487 * Origin: Volunteer BBS (423) 694-0791 V34+/VFC (1:218/1001.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: F1S00008 Date: 01/22/98 From: JIM SANDERS Time: 07:03am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: News-988 Plane carrying ex-Tenn. governor makes emergency landing RICHMOND, Va. -- Jan 21, 1998 7:19 p.m. EST -- A small private plane carrying former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and three other people made an emergency landing Wednesday because of a problem with its landing gear. No one was injured. Two of the plane's three wheels failed to come down. A third wheel collapsed when the plane touched down, and it landed on its belly at 4:22 p.m. at Richmond International Airport. During the flight, the crew heard a banging sound in the rear of the Beachcraft Baron and discovered the landing gear would not deploy, said Stephanie Holt, a spokeswoman for Martinair Inc., which owns the plane. The plane was flying to Georgetown, Del., and was diverted to Richmond. It circled a wide area of south-central Virginia for four hours to burn fuel, then came in for the landing. After touching down, it spun and came to rest halfway on the runway and halfway on its muddy, grassy fringe. "We spun out doing 50 or 60 mph. It was an exciting ride," a smiling Alexander said at the Martinair terminal. "I guess I'm glad to have done it, but I'm glad I don't have to do it again," he said. "We're fine, but the plane was pretty messed up." Alexander left Richmond within an hour after the landing, bound for Delaware aboard a Lear jet. He was to speak to a Republican group. Alexander, a Republican, served two terms as Tennessee governor from 1979 through 1986 and became president of the University of Tennessee in 1988. He was Education Secretary under President Bush from 1991 to 1993 and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington's National Airport may soon be renamed for Ronald Reagan WASHINGTON - Jan 21, 1998 7:37 p.m. EST - A bill to rename Wash- ington's National Airport for former President Ronald Reagan will come up for a vote in the Senate next month, the legislation's sponsor said Wednesday. Georgia Republican Sen. Paul Coverdale said he had been informed of the schedule in a letter from Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. "I agree that naming the newly renovated National Airport for President Reagan would be a fitting tribute to such a great American leader," Lott wrote. A similar bill has been proposed in the House. Supporters of the airport name change hope to pass the legislation by Reagan's 87th birthday on Feb. 6. Critics have noted that Reagan already has a brand new federal building named after him in Washington and his best-remembered act regarding air travel was to sack air traffic controllers when they held a strike in 1981. Reagan, who disclosed in 1994 his battle with Alzheimer's disease, lives in Los Angeles. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peru judge orders $29 million payment for airplane crash victims LIMA - Jan 21, 1998 10:25 p.m. EST - A Peruvian judge has order- ed Mexican-owned airline Aeroperu and an employee to pay $29 million to victims of a Boeing 757 crash that killed 70 people in October 1996. Judge Ruben Mansilla told local media that families would receive $500,000 for each of the 58 victims listed in the landmark case. Families of the remaining 12 victims are involved in separate legal cases. "The (Peruvian) ruling is historic. For the first time a just amount has been awarded to each one of the families on a par with international standards," lawyer Julian Palacin, who represented some families, told Reuters. Mansilla ruled that employee Eleuterio Chacaliaza failed during cleaning to have adhesive tape removed from sensors, which gave pilots erroneous information minutes into the jet's flight from Lima to Santiago. The pilots lost control of the plane in dense fog and plunged into the ice-cold Pacific just north of Lima. Chacaliaza, who is not expected to contribute to the compensa- tion, received a suspended two-year jail term. He claims the plane crashed due to sabotage as the tape was removed. Aeroperu, owned by Aeromexico, has three days to decide if it will appeal against the ruling. If the airline accepted the decis- ion, compensation costs would be arranged through its insurance company, the firm's lawyer Ruben del Solar said. "The ruling does not directly affect the firm's operation," he told Reuters. In February, local insurance company Popular y Porvenir gave the airline $63.5 million in compensation for the crash, covering pay- ments to replace the jet, its engines and for rescue work retrieving bodies from the Pacific. Soon after the crash, another group of mainly Chilean families agreed with Aeroperu out-of-court compensation of $120,000 for each relative killed. A third group is claiming in a U.S. court $2 million for each of their related victims. The accident, one of the worst in Peru's aviation history, came seven months after a Boeing 737 be- longing to local Faucett airline crashed and killed all 123 people on board near Peru's second city, Arequipa. The government said it was likely that crash was due to the plane carrying too much cargo. === --- DB 1.39/004487 * Origin: Volunteer BBS (423) 694-0791 V34+/VFC (1:218/1001.1)