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On October 14th, 1947, Chuck Yeager was dropped from the B-29 mothership on his seventh powered flight in the X-1. Yeager fired all four engine chambers in rapid sequence and quickly accelerated towards that ol' demon that lived beyond the...
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On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) had often dreamed of flying, but was unable to become a pilot in the United States Air Force due to his poor eyesight..Larry fashioned his own makeshift...
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On September 17, 1959, test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield completed the first powered flight in the rocket propelled X-15. Because of delays in the development of the X-15's mammoth 57,000 pounds force thrust XLR-99 engine, the early flights were completed...
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On August 31, 1986, a Piper Cherokee without transponder clearance collided with Aeroméxico Flight 498 over Cerritos, California. All 64 aboard the DC-9 and 15 on the ground were killed. The disaster led to mandatory TCAS and Mode C transponder requirements in US airspace.
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On Monday, June 28, 1965, Clipper Friendship, a Boeing 707-321B operated as Pan American Airlines Flight 843 departed from San Francisco International Airport carrying 143 passengers and 10 crew members on a scheduled flight from San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii....
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