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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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July 7th, 1946; The first prototype XF-11, piloted by Howard Hughes, crashed while on its maiden flight from the Hughes Aircraft Co. factory airfield at Culver City, California.Hughes did not follow the agreed testing program and communications protocol and remained...
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