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Bombardier rival Gulfstream makes first flight of G650 Bombardier Inc. and the rest of the business jet world were watching carefully on Wednesday as Gulfstream's sleek new long-range G650 landed in Savannah after its first flight that lasted 12 minutes. The two test pilots reported a slight vibration in the landing gear door. (www.montrealgazette.com)
Couple escape injury in plane crash A single-engine plane crashed in a Chatham County horse pasture Wednesday after taking off from a private airport. The two people on the plane, a married couple, escaped without injuries, according to police. The Chatham County Sheriff's Office received a call at 12:01 p.m. that a plane had crashed on N.C. 751, near the Durham County line. (www.newsobserver.com)
Driver Passes Out, Destroys 2 Planes At Gillespie Field On this Thanksgiving Day, a motorist in El Cajon can be thankful he survived a freak accident that left his vehicle beneath a plane at Gillespie Field. Just after 4:00 p.m. yesterday, the 57 year-old driver traveling northbound on Johnson Avenue, just north of Bradley Avenue, apparently passed out behind the wheel. (eastcountymagazine.org)
Air Force space plane shooting for April launch The U.S. Air Force has released new images of its experimental new X-37B space plane as the secretive mission's launch date next April draws near. In a response to written questions, an Air Force spokesperson said the unmanned spaceship is scheduled for launch April 19 on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (spaceflightnow.com)
Woman charged with making bomb threat to MIA A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest reports says 31-year-old Claudia De La Rosa was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb. (www.miamiherald.com)
Shuttle crew prepares for return to Earth Favorable weather conditions awaited the shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew on their expected return to Earth on Friday, after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle was expected to touch down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1444 GMT under mostly sunny skies, the US space agency said Thursday. (www.google.com)
