New York: Lindbergh's grandson re-creating famed flight
Charles Lindbergh's grandson landed Saturday at Farmingdale, Long Island, to complete the second leg of his bid to duplicate his grandfather's historic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Erik Lindbergh touched down under cloudy skies at exactly 5:30 p.m. at Republic Airport, a state-run field used by private planes. The landing spot was a stand-in for Roosevelt Field, where Charles Lindbergh landed in 1927. That site has been turned into a shopping mall.
The flight re-creation is part of the 75th anniversary celebration of Charles Lindbergh's cross-Atlantic flight, which began in San Diego, where the original Spirit of St. Louis was built.
From Farmingdale, Erik Lindbergh will set out May 1 on a 17- to 21-hour flight to Paris. The cross-Atlantic trip took Charles Lindbergh 33 1/2 hours.
Florida: Hostage-taking father killed in standoff
A SWAT sharpshooter killed an armed man who was holding his infant daughter hostage Saturday in a sport utility vehicle near Kissimmee, ending a five-hour standoff on a highway, authorities said.
Richard Klockenga, 31, had been holding his 6-month-old and 3-year-old daughters hostage, but sheriff's negotiators managed to talk him into releasing the older child. Neither girl was harmed.
Klockenga and his estranged wife had been arguing shortly before midnight Friday in Orange County near Walt Disney World. He bit her, refused to let her out of their SUV and pulled a gun on her, said Chief Jerry Geier of the sheriff's office.
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