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`Return of the Zeppelin` - a Video Essay

"What's unique is that this is very much flight by feel, not flight by numbers. You know a lot of airplanes you do everything in a set time, in a set way, at a set speed, in a set place; this is very much fly by feel." - Katharine Board, Zeppelin Pilot

(SALEM, Ore.) - A long time has passed since Americans witnessed the flight of a zeppelin; an airship that uses an inner superstructure for support inside of an 'envelope'.

A rare chance exists in Oregon for enthusiasts to actually ride aboard a zeppelin, in fact it is the largest such craft in the entire world.

142nd Fighter Wing F-15s Launch for Temporary Flight Restriction Violation

Fighter jets break sonic barrier today enroute to Washington.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - At 1:38 p.m. this afternoon, within minutes of notification, two F-15C fighters from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing scrambled in response to a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) violation in the vicinity of Seattle, Wash.

The jets were under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

`2011 Solar Storms Could Plunge US Into Great Depression`

The last massive cycle that occurred in 1859 brought catastrophe and caused telegraph lines around the US to burst into flames.

(CHICAGO) - With the US economy still tottering and the European economy in shambles, some economists are predicting a double-dip recession in early 2011.

Few economists, however, are predicting a collapse into another 'Great Depression' such as that experienced by the US during the late 19th Century and the 1930s.

Soviet Shuttle Spare Bar in Simferopol

The history of a Crimean airport that used to be the region's busiest.

(SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine) - In January 2011 we will observe the 75th anniversary of Simferopol airport. Its history began 21 January 1936, when it was decided by the of Council of people commissars of Crimean Authonomy to create flying field to the north of Simpferopol.

Thus a place was chosen obviously not by chance - latitude sharply 450 N, longitude 340 E. The opening of the first airline route between Simferopol and Moscow took place in May, 1936.

The Tragic Red Sacrifice in Afghanistan

Britain lost their wars here two centuries ago, Russia was defeated in the 80's; is there hope or are patterns simply repeating?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Americans in Afghanistan are walking in the footsteps of Russian soldiers who fought a long recent war on this ground, that began in 1979, and lasted roughly ten years, ending in a massive Soviet defeat and withdrawal.

U.S. Coast Guard Identifies Crew of Crashed MH-60 Helicopter Crew

U.S. Coast Guard identifies MH-60 helicopter crew‏.

(SEATTLE) - The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the one survivor and three crew members who lost their lives, Wednesday, after their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in the waters off of James Island, near La Push, Wash.

Lt. Lance D. Leone, 29, of Ventura, Calif., survived the crash and is being treated at a Seattle hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He is married.

Coast Guard Loses Three in Helicopter Crash off Washington

Aircraft crashed enroute to Sitka, Alaska.

(SEATTLE) - Three U.S. Coast Guard aviators are dead following the crash of their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in the waters near James Island, Washington.

Coast Guard units responded to the scene after contact was lost with the aircraft Wednesday at 9:32 a.m.

Turncoat Senator Jim Webb`s Attempt to Take Down Shinseki Over Agent Orange Advocacy

Sen. James Webb, D-Va. has made it perfectly clear that he is NOT a friend of the Veteran, nor an advocate for us.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - One person who appears to be on the side of Vietnam Veterans contaminated with the deadly Monsanto chemical Agent Orange, is Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.

U.S. Immigration Laws Apply Only to Non-Terrorist Latin Americans

It thus appears that aircraft-related crimes merit a less severe U.S. response when not committed by Arabs or Muslims.

(ISTANBUL) - On June 15, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dispatched the following complaint from his Twitter account, which spanned two tweets and was couched between expressions in Venezuelan slang:

"The gringo government accuses us of anything and everything, but today marks 5 years since the extradition request of the granterrorista Posada Carriles, to which they haven’t even responded..."

Introducing Salem-News.com`s Newest Feature: Your City USA!

An amazing educational site in Oregon is an uplifting impression for many.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - I think we all suffer from a kind of blindness from familiarity. We see and live in our surroundings so long and our minds are so focused on immediate needs and tasks that we don't really see what's there.

Since the dawn of time artists have been "showing" us what has been under our noses all along by taking the familiar and emphasizing some aspect of it to reawaken our eyes.