Miscellaneous News.

Thank goodness the air races ended safely.
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As the World Turns.

Like father, like son.
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The Reno Gazette-Journal has a list of all of the fatalities (excluding yesterday's) in the Reno National Championship Air Races.

Interestingly, there were no fatalities at all during the first eight years of competition.
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Lincoln Chafee has quit the GOP long after the GOP quit him.
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With the Latest Fatalities

at the Reno National Championship Air Races, should air races be banned?

There's an interesting discussion on that blog.

As the World Turns.

More than a few skeptics have come up with the novel claim that missing aviator Steve Fossett plotted his own disappearance.

Or perhaps he was captured by the Japanese. Or perhaps he was a CYA agent.
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The show will go on despite three plane crashes this week.
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