Posted on 08/10/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by bjorn14
From the AP story:
“Stevens, a moderate Republican...”
WTF? Are Democrats ever described with qualifiers?
The National Transportation Safety Board says it appears that five people were killed and four survived the Alaska crash of a small plane that was believed to be carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe.
The fate of Stevens and O'Keefe was not known.
Early 40’s, commercial flights weren’t as safe as today.
He was a young scientist working on the Manhatten Project, flying several time a week.
I worked w him on West Coast Shuttle at VAFB, CA. in the early 80’s.
I have a cousin that was shot down three times.
Got back in to finish his 50.
I once took a small plane ride (6-seater) around Mt. Denali (McKinnley). It was overcast on the ground, but windy and snowy by the peak. Otherwise, it was 737's from Deadhorse to Anchorage.
I doubt I'd do the sightseeing plane again...
-PJ
“JET?...................”
Reported to be a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver. A very popular airplane in Alaska.
“I think that was Congressman Don Young in whose district the bridge to nowhere was to be built, who got that earmark.”
Don Young’s district is the entire state of Alaska.
Apparently he had a premonition he would die in a plane crash before his first crash in 1978.
Crazy.
Sure, Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, you’re cool.
Those little puddle jumpers are where the fun is. And that place is BIG. Air travel is the only way.
The Alaska family car.
Twitters now saying Stevens died.
Former aide of Sen. Ted Stevens says Stevens was killed in Alaska plane crash - KTUU http://bit.ly/cRDoEc
What are the odds that a husband and wife both die in a plane crash decades apart?
RIP Mr. Stevens
Fox now saying that Stevens died.
So sad..my condolences to Ted Stevens and his family
That is astounding.
RIP
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