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This is Don's 3rd crash landing he had to make one emergency landing on the beach
in the 1990s and another about 9 or 10 years ago.
on July 4, 2011 Don Bonner crashed near Walker Island in Perdido Pass
but he and his passenger escaped serious injury.
the plane began experiencing engine trouble so he started
flying toward a U.S. Navy landing strip in Lillian.
Then all of a sudden he started losing power he tried to get
it to Wolf Field, but halfway across the bay, the plane just totally quit.
Bonner said that when he realized he was not going to make it,
he looked for a spot with people close by who could help if the plane flipped over.
He chose Walker Island, the smallest of 3 strips of land in Perdido Pass near Orange Beach.
The plane came down in about a foot of water on the south side of Walker Island.
Tourists made it to the overturned plane quickly, followed about a minute later
by the Alabama Marine Police.This is Don's 3rd crash landing he had to make one emergency landing on the beach... more
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"Earthrace" is joining the fight for the whales.
JAPAN has asked Australia to prevent the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin leaving port to harass its whalers in the Antarctic next summer, but the plea may have little effect.
The anti-whaling activists plan to upgrade their fleet from an ageing, former North Atlantic fisheries patrol boat to include another ship - something out of the future. The global speedboat Earthrace would head south under Sea Shepherd colours next summer, the group's leader Paul Watson said.
"It looks like a spaceship. It can do 40 knots and dive under waves completely. We'll be using it to intercept and block harpoons."
In 61 days last year Earthrace circled the globe fuelled by biodiesel. The New Zealand owner/skipper, Pete Bethune, said he decided to become involved because "this is happening in my backyard and it really pisses me off. I'm going to make a stand."
He said he was adding half a tonne of Kevlar to the vessel to toughen it against the ice. It had the endurance to go half way round the world on a tank of fuel.
"They won't get away from me," he said.
Earthrace's role was unveiled as the International Whaling Commission heard that Sea Shepherd's protests endangered the lives of whalers in the Southern Ocean last summer when the Steve Irwin was involved in two collisions.
"These are highly dangerous, and it can only be described as a miracle that there has been no death or large-scale accident to date," said a Japanese delegation member, Jun Yamashita.
"We cannot tolerate such audacity," Mr Yamashita told the commission. "We ask for
all appropriate measures, including a ban on the ship from leaving port, so that we can prevent these acts from being repeated."
Mr Watson, who is not permitted inside the meeting, said the Steve Irwin was soon to leave Brisbane for Hobart after a $500,000 refit. Its buckled hull plates had been repaired, and it was fitted with a powerful water cannon on the bow to match the whalers'.
He dubbed next summer's campaign Operation Waltzing Matilda and has adopted a symbol with a kangaroo wearing a pirate's eye patch.
An official from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, David Dutton, told the 71-nation meeting in Madeira that the Rudd Government was "deeply concerned" about clashes in the Southern Ocean..."Earthrace" is joining the fight for the whales.
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Time for astrophysicists to say goodbye to OGLE-TR-113b a planet which is observed to be spiralling into a star (named OGLE-TR-113, must be jealous), though apparently it will be quite a destruction ""It would be pretty spectacular. You'd be watching a planet get shredded," says Rory Barnes of the University of Washington in Seattle."-NS
According to New Scientists the planet will be ripped apart by the stars gravity in 1.4m years, with its existence only discovered in 2002.
"As the Jupiter-sized world orbits its star, we see a temporary dimming in the star's light when the planet passes between it and us. This transit occurs during each of its 32-hour-long orbits."-NSTime for astrophysicists to say goodbye to OGLE-TR-113b a planet which is observed to... more
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The first tornado hit Bellemont, Arizona around 5 in the morning with winds which had speed up to 110 miles per hours. The tornado has left the town with smashed windows,The first tornado hit Bellemont, Arizona around 5 in the morning with winds which had... more
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According to the UN reports, 3.5 million children are at high risk and in great danger of deadly water born diseases. The Government of Pakistan has stated that around 20 million people have been affected by the flood and more than 1500 people lost their lives in the flood in Pakistan.
http://www.buzztab.com/media/pakistan-floods-3-5-million-children-danger/According to the UN reports, 3.5 million children are at high risk and in great danger... more
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A rare killer tornado tore across portions of Northeastern Montana Monday evening MDT, leaving behind total devastation with 2 confirmed dead and 1 seriously injured.A rare killer tornado tore across portions of Northeastern Montana Monday evening MDT,... more
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Afghanistan was the first Asian country that had women in parliament. The capital Kabul buzzes with life, its streets filled with cars, bicycles and pedestrians. At this time, Kabul was famed as an exotic stop-off point on the hippy trail between Europe and India. That was a golden period for the Afghans http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/413-afghanistan1950Afghanistan was the first Asian country that had women in parliament. The capital... more
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The 2nd biggest tornado outbreak of 2010 so far has killed at least 6 and damaged and or destroyed many homes and businesses Saturday/Saturday night in 6 states including Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Vermont.The 2nd biggest tornado outbreak of 2010 so far has killed at least 6 and damaged and... more
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The Memphis National Weather Service (MNWS) confirmed 2 killer tornadoes occurred early Sunday morning between 2 and 3 am CDT in Northern Mississippi.The Memphis National Weather Service (MNWS) confirmed 2 killer tornadoes occurred... more
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For the 2nd weekend in a row, what could be later confirmed as tornadoes have killed again in Mississippi.For the 2nd weekend in a row, what could be later confirmed as tornadoes have killed... more
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A humbled Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today conceded his side had no answer to Dale Steyn's devastating pace in the first Test against South Africa but vowed to bounce back for a series-levelling win in the second match in Kolkata.A humbled Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today conceded his side had no answer to... more
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It Begins:
"I used to dread the rain when I lived in London. But in a town like L.A. where you rarely get a season change, you kinda embrace the moment. The only problem is, unlike the famously written pavement sign in this photo, neither of us looked right after that day."
If only teleportation and time-travel were real. You could go back and fix mistakes. You could re-live moments. But the sad fact is that you have to accept reality and often times it’s heartbreaking no matter how hard you try to alter it. This is about a girl and guy who try and make a place something it’s not and in the end it breaks both of their hearts.It Begins:
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On Thursday July 30th, a rare severe weather outbreak unfolded across the state of Mississippi, with widespread reports of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
It was not the fact that there was widespread damaging winds, that made this an rare severe weather event across the state.On Thursday July 30th, a rare severe weather outbreak unfolded across the state of... more
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