Friday, April 12, 2013

And the Best Aircraft Showdown winner is…

 
And the Best Aircraft Showdown winner is…The Douglas DC-3 was this year's top pick in the AOPA Best Aircraft Showdown, sponsored by Aero-Space Reports, beating out aircraft including the Cessna 172, the Beechcraft King Air, the Supermarine Spitfire, and this year's runner-up, the F4U Corsair. Commenter Conor Dancy summed up the competition in the final round: "These are my two favorite airplanes. If I won the lottery I'd buy both." Another participant took exception with the final two picks. Read more >>

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Medal of Honor for Korean War chaplain

Medal of Honor for Korean War chaplain who aided fellow POWs. 

(Reuters) - A Army chaplain, who gave his food and clothing to fellow Americans in the hopes they would survive a Korean War prisoner-of-war camp in which he died, was honored on Thursday when President Barack Obama awarded him a posthumous Medal of Honor.

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