by News Staff | Feb 8, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s none of the above. Despite the bird name, V-22 Osprey, the official definition of the helicopter/airplane marriage is a tiltrotor military aircraft. Four of them landed at Bishop Airport late last week. The Ospreys and a...
by News Staff | Aug 22, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Bill Snyder filed this story for Sierra Wave Media The US Marine Corps VMM161 Greyhawks squadron of Tiltrotor MV-22 Ospreys recently concluded nearly two weeks of training at the Bishop Airport. The Osprey, while technically a plane, is a hybrid of a helicopter and...
by News Staff | Aug 7, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
– Press release “Combine a long drought and a heat wave with the fact that wild birds and mammals raise their broods and packs of babies during spring and summer and you’ve got a full house at any wildlife rehabilitation facility,” said Eastern Sierra Wildlife...