All posts tagged "Helicopter"

Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan represents the poorest district in his state, with northeastern citizens mostly coming from union and blue-collar families, but Bresnahan is wealthy enough to have secretly purchased his own personal helicopter, according to recent records filed with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Writing for NOTUS, investigative reporter David Levinthal uncovered that Bresnahan bought a "2024 Robinson R66 that retails between $1 million and $1.5 million."

Bresnahan hasn't included it on his personal financial disclosures so far, but publicly available commercial flight data can be obtained through the website ADS-B Exchange. ...

An old insult from Donald Trump found new significance this week when the former president shared a questionable story about a perilous ride with Willie Brown that the California politician says never happened.

Trump has been subjected to ridicule, raised eyebrows, and fact-checks since he told a later-disproved story to a gaggle of reporters summoned to Mar-a-Lago Thursday for a press conference.

“I know Willie Brown very well," Trump told reporters. "In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter, going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing. And Willie was — he was a little concerned. So I know — I know him pretty well. I mean, I haven’t seen him in years. But he told me terrible things about her.”...

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) appeared to suggest migrants should be extrajudicially murdered in a social media post on Thursday.

Collins made the post on X in response to another post by Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), who was reacting to a Fox News clip of an arrested immigrant in a Lakers jersey, giving a double middle-finger salute to the cameras as he was being led away.

"We feel the same way about you," wrote D'Esposito. "Holla at the cartels and have them escort you back."...

(Reuters) - A sightseeing helicopter made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York City on Sunday and all five people aboard were rescued unharmed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.