80 Years Ago... Lindbergh Plane Departs for Paris
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- It was 80 years ago Monday that Charles Lindbergh left Roosevelt Field on Long Island for the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. It was a misty, drizzly morning, and there was not a big crowd as Lindbergh climbed into the plane, revved the engine and headed east from what now is The Source mall on Old Country Road. The plane took off about 7:50 a.m. down the grassy field headed to Paris. Joshua Stoff at the Cradle of Aviation at Mitchel Field says Lindbergh's flight changed the way that people looked at aviation. People began...
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 08:01:27 AM
Accident prompted Azaria story, says neighbour (Dingo stole the baby case)
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The man who claims to have shot the dingo that killed Azaria Chamberlain had a change of heart about keeping his secret about a year ago after a serious accident that brought him face to face with his own mortality, a neighbour says. Bert Fraser, who lives near Frank Cole in Pascoe Vale in suburban Melbourne, said: "Frank was fixing tiles on his roof and the ladder slipped from under him. He fell across a trailer and smashed his hip and leg. He went to hospital and when he was coming out of anaesthetic he told his son, Don, about...
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 08:01:27 AM
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