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Just got the police report literally seconds ago. i havent gone through the whole thing yet, but according to this police report that young son of his, only 10 years old. according to air traffic controllers, he was slurring his speech. a flight instructor who responded immediately to the scene to make sure these two were okay said that he smelled the scent of alcohol there on the site. so this just new nuggets coming out of this police report. the man allegedly, according to this report intoxic...

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>> reporter: glenn hutton, a former army radio mechanic is abount to take a flight through time. >> ready, ready. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: hutton soared over grand island nebraska in the open cockpit of a 1940 stearman biplane an aircraft that trained militarys aviators and helped win the second world war. >> it literally takes them out of their apartment and back to the sky. >> reporter: darryl fisher was flying a restored steer man home to oregon with his father in 2011 when they ...

Give his 1,000th flight. 88-year-old mary be dose husband charles served in the coast guard, as his widow she took a flight this week. she had one carry on, the faded love letters he wrote to her while at sea. the flight may be short but the effect undeniable. >> i dont feel a day over 40. >> reporter: when he landed he was still the same age but not the same man. mark albert, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: and that is the "cbs evening news" on this memorial day weekend. when we honor those who...

Someone snaps a selfie. they are cracking down on the selfie sticks especially those daring enough to use them while on the ride. signs popping up telling folks looking for a thrill to keep their selfie sticks out of sight t. does allow you to snap yourself fees in other parts of the theme park. >> seems like a given. that would be dangerous. >> ogn a roller-coaster thats the last thing i am thinking about. >> coming up a mid air mystery. a flight instructor steals a plane and disappears over th...

>> yes, what kind of flight lessons? the kind you would use for a heavy jetliner or teach you to fly a plane to get it off the ground? >> they were the preliminary lessons that any pilot would have to go through before you were qualified to fly a large plane. as it turned out, the flight instructor described these two hijackers as being dumb and dumber. so they did not complete their aviation training, and therefore ended up being what were called muscle men. they were the people in the back of ...

His wife came in to money from the embassy of saudi arabia in washington, again raising the question as to whether she was a source of financing. he provided anonymity, flight lessons, got them an apartment, all of the things that you would need in order to prepare for their ultimate mission, which was to be on the plane that flew into the pentagon on september 11th. >> so youre saying that an agent of the saudi government helped the hijackers of 9/11 to learn how to fly planes like those, that ...

Typical. 250 hours of a great university and then shes got to go to the 1500 hours. however, goes to faa accredited school, 1,000 hours but still a lot of time between 250 and 1,000 hours. what is she doing? shes flight instructing. is that the motivation or the objective that we want after this horrible keoghan crash of experience? do we want a flight instructor because they cant sit right seat in say a regional airline? i dont think this was the intent of the aviation safety act. >> well, mile...

And were conscious of those folks behind us and those folks are important to us. at the same to ken, if we let that everyday of our flying lives affect us, we could go crazy, the same with a doctor or lawyer there are lives affected by that. yes, theres a stress level. >> other stressful parts, too, this kid flew for what what am i saying an airline thats below the -- >> low cost carrier. >> that means he probably wasnt paid very much. we often hear those kinds of pilots work long hours and dont...

Not months. >> claudio, thank you so much. appreciate that live report. joining me in studio jay rollins who previously served as a u.s. navy pilot and flight instructor. what were still looking for, this flight data recorder, what kind of information do they want to get from that? >> they want to confirm what they already suspect, that the aircraft was deliberately descended from a cruising altitude and deliberately pointed towards those mountains. in order to do that they need to double-check ...