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On the evening of May 16th, 1943, 15 specially modified Lancaster Bombers from the Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron launched into the night on a mission, the likes of which had never been seen. The mission was code named...
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In the fall of 1945, Alan B Shepard arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, where he was to commence basic flight training.  Unfortunately Alan turned out to be an average student at best, and was likely to be dropped from...
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. April 20th, 1962; Test pilot Neil Armstrong was testing a self-adjusting control system on the hypersonic experimental rocket plane called the X-15.  Utilizing the incredible performance of his X-15, and its climb rate of over 60,000 feet per minute, Armstrong managed...
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. In 1921, a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London named Frederick Stanley Mockford was commissioned to envision a word that would indicate distress, and would be understood and recognized by all pilots and ground staff in the...
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Piano Burning has been time honoured tradition carried on by pilots for as long as anyone could remember. It’s origins still remain a bit of a mystery, but legend has it that it all began in the British Royal Air...
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