On 1 August 1907, an Aeronautical Division was established within the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (OCSO). In 1908, on Fort Myer, Virginia, the Wright brothers made test flights of the Army's first airplane built to Signal Corps' specifications. Reflecting the need for an official pilot rating, War Department Bulletin No. 2, released on 24 February 1911, established a Military Aviator rating.
Kathie Lee Gifford Brings Her Wines To Max's Oyster Bar. Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of NBC's Today Show, visited Max's Oyster Bar in West Hartford Friday for The Wines of Gifft, a special (sold out!) Max Lunch Club event hosted by the restaurant and Gifford's Gifft Wines.
Giffords, a Democrat, was holding a Congress on Your Corner event at a Safeway supermarket in northwest Tucson when the shooting occurred. Rayle, who was at the event, told ABC News a man approached Giffords and shot her before turning his gun on other people randomly. I went to the side of the table by a concrete post and I looked up and saw a man shoot her in the head. And then he began spraying gunfire everywhere.