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Canada’s Largest Restaurant Chain Offers Electric Car Owners Free Fill-up in Pilot Project
Electric vehicle owners in Oakville, ON are now able to charge their cars free of charge while stopping in to enjoy a Tim Hortons...
Air Force Pilot Takes Boy’s Letter “Closer to Heaven” so Daddy Can Read it
"Mac" Gallegos was only 5 when his father, Army Sgt. Justin Gallegos, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Not a day goes by that...
Why a German Pilot Escorted a U.S. Bomber to Safety During World War II
Once in a while, you hear an old war story that restores your faith in humanity. A new book explores the incredible encounter of...
Woman, 80, Lands Plane After Husband Pilot Dies
A woman took over the controls mid-flight and landed a small plane in northeastern Wisc., when her husband, the pilot was stricken.
Helen and John...
Pilots Walk Away From Desert Helicopter Crash (WATCH)
During the filming of Korean Top Gear this week, a Cobra helicopter was being used to film a speeding Corvette in the Arizona desert.
Suddenly,...
Hero Air Controller Guides Couple to Safety After Pilot Passes Out
When one of the nation's 15,000 air traffic controllers does something wrong, you always hear about it. When one of them does something right,...
US Pilot a New Hero for Joyous Libyan Rebels
A US pilot -- forced to bail out of his malfunctioning fighter jet over Libya -- was greeted as a hero by villagers who...
Tunisia Pilot Hailed Hero for Refusing to Fly President Ben Ali’s Family
Hours before the ousted president of Tunisia fled, a pilot about to fly to Lyons from Tunisia refused to obey an order to hold...
Pilot Refuses to Depart Until Funeral-bound Man Delayed by Security Can Board
A man stuck in airport security gridlock was finally able to say farewell to his murdered grandson after a Southwest Airline pilot refused to...
Video: Pilot Uses Helicopter to Blow Calf to Safety
The same Oklahoma TV news helicopter pilot who four years ago pushed a deer on an icy pond to safety using the wind from...
Air Traffic Controllers Honored as Heroes for Guiding Newbie Pilot to Safety
Federal workers Lisa Grimm and Brian Norton were honored Monday by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association for guiding Doug White and his family...
A Paw and a Prayer: Pilots Save Shelter Animals
Lady Di is a lovely purebred collie with a pleasant disposition, just like many of dogs dumped at shelters which euthanize animals by...
Fighter Pilot War Enemies Become Friends (Video)
Meet two men who are the best of friends now. But their first encounter, as enemy pilots in a dog fight over Viet...
Helicopter Pilot Flies After Burglar
English businessman Jeremy Taylor had just lifted off from his timber yard in his helicopter when he spotted a suspicious white van. He quickly...
Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Dies
Saving four lives, a passenger landed a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers after the pilot died in flight....
Hudson River Pilot Gets Hero’s Welcome in Hometown (Video)
The pilot who safely landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River was given a hero's homecoming in the San Francisco suburb he...
Pilot’s Mission: Inspiration to Minorities
23-year-old Barrington Irving is claiming to be the youngest, and the first black man to circle the globe solo. His journey took 97 days...
TV Helicopter Pilot Saves Stranded Deer Blowing it off Ice
A deer was trapped on an icy pond and couldn't get its footing. A TV chopper pilot had the bright idea of using the...
Drones Find Dozens of Landmines Littering Ukraine So They Can Be Defused
When drones appeared on the scene en masse, many people saw the potential immediately—for military purposes, for breathtaking photography, even wildlife conservation, but for...
Good News in History, April 29
125 years ago today, the musician and composer Duke Ellington, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was born in Washington,...