Another airline crash that was unknown to me, until a recent Snopes email was sent out to discuss a memorial that was built to honor the victims of that flight. If you want to know more, details are over here on the Snopes webpage. But the picture below is what struck me most about the […]
Author Archives: walterh
Nov
06
2013
Spirit Airlines Airbus
So I totally missed this, but apparently a Spirit Airlines Airbus had an engine explode on takeoff at DFW. Need to do some research. But in the meantime, here is an image that was just shared on Reddit.
Oct
18
2013
National Airlines Flight #83, and Philadelphia’s Forgotten Hero
A few minutes ago, I published the latest podcast, this one about National Airlines Flight #83, a crash of a Douglas DC-4 at Philadelphia Airport from January, 1951. Curiously, this is the article that spurred the podcast itself! As usual, you can download the podcast from this link, find us in iTunes at this link, […]
Aug
10
2013
The UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack
This morning I published the latest podcast on the subject of The UpStairs Lounge arson attack, an horrific attack against gay people in the history of the United States. As usual, you can download the podcast at this link, find us on iTunes, or listen online in the embedded player below. Sources for the podcast […]
Jun
13
2013
The Great Chicago Fire
While I haven’t had a chance to do a podcast lately (real life has kept me busy!), I have had a chance to listen to other podcasters here and there. And it’s no secret that I love the ones from Discovery Channel, especially Stuff You Missed In History Class and Stuff You Should Know. Well on […]
May
20
2013
New Movie: Sole Survivor
There was a news story out recently about Cecelia Crocker, the sole survivor of a Northwest Airlines crash in 1987. The first thing that struck me was that she put a tattoo of an airplane on her wrist, as a constant reminder of that night back in 1987 that took 154 souls, leaving her as […]
Mar
06
2013
News coming late?
So there’s an article that came across my desk just now that’s titled, “The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster Finally Solved?“. It delves into the disaster itself, and how studies have now pretty much concluded that the airship was brought down by a leak in one of the hydrogen tanks, a buildup of static electricity, […]
Jan
18
2013
The Crash of UPS Flight 006
Today we focus on the crash of UPS – yes, United Parcel Service of the “What can brown do for you?” fame – Airways Flight 006 in September, 2010, which crashed less than an hour after taking off from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, en route to Cologne, Germany. The crash, which is not all that […]
Dec
14
2012
The Crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Our latest podcast is finally here! Apologies for the delay, but life has been a bit crazy. Today we focus on the ill-fated flight of Alaska Airlines flight #261, a flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Francisco and continuing on to Seattle, that crashed into the ocean off of Los Angeles. This subject is quite […]
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