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In 1944, Charles Carpenter was assigned to combat duty in France with the 1st Bombardment Division. and was assigned an L-4H Grasshopper to fly artillery support and reconnaissance missions in support of the U.S. 4th Armored Division. His glorified J-3...
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Rick, a young senior at Amarillo High School in Texas was as happy as could be when he finally had enough money to buy himself his first car. Not just any car, but a shiny brand spanking new 1975 Chevrolet...
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Dressed in his usual office attire, which we mere mortals might recognize as a space suit, SR-71 pilot Brian Shul deftly coaxed the throttles forward... the titanium hinge in his left pinkie performing as the surgeons had promised 12 years...
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May 31st, 1967; In the midst of the Vietnam War, a lone KC-135 tanker was on a Young Tiger mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. The four-engined Kerosene carrier tanker aircraft commanded by Maj. John H. Castle was on a...
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On May 18th, 1969, Apollo 10 launched away from Kennedy Space Center, crewed by: Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan on the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. A literal "dress rehearsal"...
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