After 200 years, the daughter of an American president is back home in Virginia. Eliza Monroe Hay was the daughter of founding father and fifth U.S. President, James Monroe. Due to her mother’s ailing condition, Hay frequently fulfilled the duties of the first lady during Monroe’s two terms. Leaving her family behind in Virginia, Hay died in Paris. Buried in…| NBC4 Washington
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The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would’ve had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night-vision goggles, experts told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. Watch News4 video above for an example of what pilots using night-vision goggles can and cannot see. The Army goggles would have made it…| NBC4 Washington
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal aviation workers emerged Thursday as key factors in investigators’ inquiry into the fatal midair crash between an Army helicopter and a commercial airliner earlier this year. During the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board…| NBC4 Washington
