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At 16:25 Eastern Daylight Time on 2 June 1983: Air Canada Flight 797 a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (aircraft registration C-FTLU) crewed by Captain, Donald Cameron (age 51), and First Officer Claude Ouimet (age 34) was on an international passenger flight...
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So the year was 1996, and there was a pilot named Jimmy, who went by the nickname “Bubba,” looking to launch on an adventurous Caribbean tour with his beloved aircraft named Hemisphere Dancer. The aircraft was a beautiful Grumman HU-16...
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This image, captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, is a narrow-angle color image of the Earth, and is a part of the first-ever ‘portrait’ of the solar system taken by Voyager 1.The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for...
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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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