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Another plane like Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished with GPS tracking
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| March 17, 2014
Posted on 03/16/2014 7:18:20 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Ben Charles Padilla
Ben Charles Padilla, an aircraft mechanic, flight engineer, and private pilot,[12] was aboard N844AA when it was stolen, and is believed by U.S. authorities to have been at the controls.[13] He has not been seen or heard from since. Padilla's sister, Benita Padilla-Kirkland, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper that her family suspects Padilla was flying the aircraft and fear that he subsequently crashed somewhere on the African continent or is being held against his will.[14]
Any guess why this wasn't a big news story?
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posted on
03/16/2014 8:24:41 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(From a bellwether to an "oh-whateverrrr" in less than a single news cycle. -freeper Fightin Whitey)
To: ilovesarah2012
In 2003, a 727 that once flew for American Airlines disappeared from Angola. (credit: Mike Gabriel)
The 727 that Vanished
A case pursued by the FBI, the CIA, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, CENTCOM, and the sister of Ben Padilla.
By Tim Wright
AIR & SPACE MAGAZINE - SEPTEMBER 2010
Seven years after her brother disappeared from Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport in Angola, Benita Padilla-Kirkland is trying to persuade the FBI to re-open his case. She believes she has the new information agents told her they require. But she suspects that the agency already has more information than agents will admit to.
article from Air & Space Magazine - September 2010
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posted on
03/16/2014 8:27:19 PM PDT
by
deks
To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
03/16/2014 8:32:20 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(Civil service unions are the real government)
To: vaudine
The charter line was “Flying Tiger Airlines”. I flew on one of their Super Constellations all the way from Travis AFB, CA, to Tachikawa AFB, Japan. That was one loooong flight...
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posted on
03/16/2014 9:14:02 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
To: GOPJ
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posted on
03/16/2014 9:18:24 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: RummyChick
We are totally screwed now, aren’t we?
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posted on
03/16/2014 9:20:23 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Very different plane and conditions
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posted on
03/16/2014 9:45:10 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: TXnMA
I flew on one of their Super Constellations all the way from Travis AFB, CA, to Tachikawa AFB, Japan.I bet it was. I flew on a C-5 from Travis to the Philippines. That was pretty long too.
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posted on
03/16/2014 10:13:34 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I am willing tro take over world wide aviation safety.
My first change will be to remove the ability to turn off any flight tracking devices such as transponders.
And the installation of a separate self powered tracking unit in an area only accessible to crew on the ground.
My ideas are revolutionary and support my 5 million dollar a month salary demands.
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posted on
03/17/2014 1:33:42 AM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
To: TXnMA
You mean Yokota AB? It is near Tachikawa (Fussa).
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posted on
03/17/2014 3:07:12 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
( those would have been affected.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So Al Qaeda has two airliners now to fit with bombs.
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posted on
03/17/2014 3:51:02 AM PDT
by
Fear The People
(When the government fears the people, you have LIBERTY.)
To: Bikkuri
I was stationed (detachment tenant) at
Yokota for 3 years, and always loved the
Tanabata Matsuri in
Fussa-Machi.
Won a couple of USAF awards for photos of it, in fact...
But, in 1961, when I flew in on Flying Tiger Air, (30 hrs of 4 droning recips, box lunches, school bus seats, and Marine drill sgts for hostesses) -- all incoming flights landed at Tachikawa... (AKA "Tachi"...)
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posted on
03/17/2014 8:34:52 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
To: TXnMA
Ah, ok ;^) Learned something new :)
I loved going to Yokota myself.. The only place I could buy civilized food and hygiene items when I first got here.. Can get some things now that are a bit better than what they were back then... but can’t find and beef skirts (for fajitas) nor good deodorant :/ (and toothpaste is really lacking too :^{
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posted on
03/17/2014 9:23:38 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
( those would have been affected.)
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