Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next >
airplanes
Posted inNews
Pilot killed in small plane crash in western Colorado
GRAND JUNCTION — Authorities say one person was killed in a small plane crash in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports search crews with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office found the wreckage of the beech baron twin-engine plane in a remote area northeast of Grand Junction on Monday. The pilot was the only one onboard when the […]
Posted inBusiness, News
United Airlines sees a supersonic future, orders planes from Colorado-based Boom Supersonic
By David Koenig, The Associated Press United Airlines aims to bring back supersonic travel before the decade is over with a plane that is currently just an artist’s drawing — even the prototype hasn’t flown yet. The airline said Thursday that it plans to buy 15 jets from Boom Supersonic with an option for 35 […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, News
A rural Colorado high school’s aerospace class is paving the runway for a new generation of pilots
Mya Diaz Soto’s phone buzzed Saturday morning with a text message from her frantic mother, who demanded to know why her 17-year-old daughter was cruising 134 mph. Mya’s mother, who was visiting family with her father hundreds of miles away in Texas that morning, uses a smartphone app to track her daughter’s location, shows how […]
Posted inNews, Wildfire
Colorado-based Global Supertanker, the world’s largest firefighting plane, is shut down as fire season begins
By Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press/Report for America The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear could be worse than the average year. Tara Lee, a spokeswoman for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, said via email Friday that the state’s Department of […]
Posted inEnvironment, News, Outdoors, Politics and Government, Wildfire
Colorado competes with other states for wildfire-fighting aircraft. Climate change makes that a big problem.
When wildfires swept across Colorado and the western U.S. last summer and fall, water- and retardant-dropping airplanes and helicopters that can make the difference between a small blaze and a deadly megafire were difficult to come by. States were suddenly pitted against each other as federal emergency managers worked to determine who needed the most […]
Posted inNews
Exam finds multiple cracks in part of United Airlines jet engine that exploded over Denver
By David Koenig, The Associated Press Microscopic examination supports early suspicions that wear and tear caused a fan blade to snap inside one engine of a United Airlines plane that made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff last month in Denver, federal safety investigators said Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board said the blade found […]
Posted inNews
The likely reason why a United Airlines plane’s engine exploded over Denver
By David Koenig, The Associated Press The investigation into an engine explosion on a jetliner taking off from Denver is focusing on a fan blade that appeared to be weakened by wear and tear, a development reminiscent of a fatal failure on board another plane in 2018. These and other recent engine failures raise questions […]
Posted inBusiness, News
United Airlines temporarily grounds 24 planes following catastrophic engine failure over Denver
United Airlines said Sunday that it will “voluntarily and temporarily” ground 24 aircraft powered by a certain type of engine after one of its planes suffered a catastrophic engine failure over Denver on Saturday. The decision comes as federal aviation regulators appear to be zeroing in on the jet’s fan blades as a culprit for […]
Posted inNews
Four important things to know about the United Airlines flight that rained debris on the Denver area
A United Airlines flight en route from Denver to Honolulu suffered a catastrophic engine failure over the Denver area on Saturday, sending debris raining onto homes and a park in Broomfield. The incident is drawing international attention, especially as dramatic photos and video of the aircraft’s flaming engine and the debris that fell onto the […]