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. The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, with two crew members, astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, lifting off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC. STS-1 was one...
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Any pilot or ground crew knows the importance of properly attending to each item on a checklist. Unfortunately, as professional as one wishes to be, we are all vulnerable to one basic and unavoidable truth… no matter how experienced and...
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From open cockpits to modern jet flight decks, the history of aviator sunglasses follows aviation itself — and Randolph Engineering carries that tradition forward with military-spec, American-made pilot eyewear.
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From open cockpits to the jet age, the history of flight jackets follows aviation itself — A-2, B-3, G-1, and CWU, worn by the pilots and crews who shaped aviation history.
On 25 July 2000 at 16:38 CEST, Continental Airlines Flight 55, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (registration N13067), started its takeoff roll from Runway 26R at Charles de Gaulle Airport, bound for a scheduled flight to Newark International Airport. During her...
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