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The Fastest Man Alive! Milburn G. "Mel" Apt (April 9, 1924 – September 27, 1956) September 27, a B-50 bomber was flying high over the Mojave Desert in California, holding an X-2 rocket plane under its wing, with Capt. Milburn G...
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As early-morning commuter flight Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was descending in clear sunny skies on September 25, 1978, for its destination at San Diego's Lindbergh Field. 42-year-old Captain James E. McFeron, 38-year-old Co-Pilot Robert E. Fox, and 44-year-old Flight...
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August 21st, 1961 – A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-8 smashes two world records during a single test flight. Record 1 - The DC-8 reaches 50,000 feet at a weight of 107,600 pounds. A new altitude record for a...
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On August 16, 1960, Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II stepped away from his open gondola named "Excelsior" tethered to a massive helium balloon from an unbelievable altitude of 102,800 feet (31,300 m) above the surface of our Earth. The atmospheric...
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On July 16th, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew and their Saturn V launched from LC-39A at 13:32:00 UTC en route to the surface of the moon."We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in...
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