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The number two airplane was actually flown by a first lieutenant, and when, from the CAOC, when Woody (Lt.

John Morgenstern--a Boeing technical representative who has worked on and flown the H-46 since the 1960s--presented a plaque from Boeing, recognizing the over 110,000 flight hours, 550,000 tons of cargo, 138,000 passengers, and 700 lives saved by H-46Ds flown by HC-8.

He's flown helicopters since the 1970s and currently pilots a state-of-the-art Agusta 109E.

One component of this effort has focused on ways to soften sonic booms--to reduce their impact by altering the plane's design or the way it's flown. But the right formula for achieving this goal has proved elusive.

All three teens had flown as passengers on commercial airlines before, but they say flying a small plane is completely different.

I never would have imagined when I entered the Coast Guard 14 years ago that I would be able to join the local VFW, much less have flown to Basrah, Iraq, in a Coast Guard helicopter.