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January 16th, 2022; Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, all African-American squadron more famously known as the Red Tails flew West. Although a greatly held belief that a person of color...
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November 28th, 1979; Flight 901 climbed away from Auckland International Airport at 8:00 am bound for Antarctica. On a unique sightseeing experience, carrying an experienced Antarctic guide who pointed out scenic features and landmarks using the aircraft's public-address system, while...
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November 1, 1949, Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, registration N88727, a Douglas DC-4 en route from Boston, Massachusetts was on short final for Washington National Airport, half a mile from the threshold of runway 3 at an altitude of 300...
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Image of S-363 courtesy of Marinmuseum - Digitalmuseum.se . October 27th, 1981, the Soviet submarine S-363 Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet, became famous under the designation U 137 when it suffered the extreme embarrassment of having to surface within...
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October 20, 2025, American Airlines Flight 6469, an Embraer 175 operated by SkyWest Airlines, had just departed Omaha’s Eppley Airfield yesterday at 4:40 pm local time en route to Los Angeles International. . Approximately 15 minutes after departure, the crew...
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