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Type keyword(s) to search Everything an F/A-18 Fighter Pilot Wears in the Cockpit From the HGU-68/P tactical helmet to the steel-toed, ejection-safe boots. Dan KitwoodGetty Images Like motorcyclists, U.S. Navy pilots “dress for the slide, not the ride.” Their gear is meant for frost, flames, and flotation. Even the very first pilot to operate from a ship carried safety equipment: Eugene Ely, attempting his landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in 1911, took the contr...

Man killed in Claremont police shooting showed signs of distress, friend says Jeff Ely swims with Lisa Ockington-Nugent’s granddaughter Skyler in an undated photograph. (Courtesy Lisa Ockington-Nugent) Public defender Liz Kruska, left, and Capt. Thomas Herb of the Windsor County Sherriffs Department motion for Jeffrey Ely of Windsor to leave the court room after being arraigned for reckless endangerment and three charges of simple assault in Windsor District Court Monday, November 10, 2008. E...

Today: Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. High temperatures are forecast to drop sharply by Friday as a weather system moves through the region. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1778 Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the ‘Sandwich Islands’ after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich. 1782 Birth of Daniel Webster, congressman from New Hampshire, Massachusetts senator, and secretary of state before the Civil War. ...