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January 27 1967- Launch Complex 34 - Cape Canaveral – The crew members of AS-204; Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee were tragically lost during a Command Module cabin fire during...
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January 16, 2003; STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia rocketed away towards the heavens from Cape Kennedy Pad LC-39A under command of Rick D. Husband USAF F-4 Phantom Instructor, Test Piot, and F-15 Demonstration Pilot. , Shuttle Pilot William C. McCool, USN...
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. January 15th, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320-214 departing LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport struck a flock of Canada Geese during its initial climb out, lost both engines, and was forced to ditch in the Hudson...
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. Finally, a bombing mission that will leave you feeling fuzzy all over… A massive unprecedented multi aircraft bombing campaign has been launched in New South Wales that will affect millions. The mission began with public donations used to charter...
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The only known photo of the original Colditz Cock, by US war correspondent Lee Carson shortly after Colditz Castle was liberated in April 1945. It was a glider built by British prisoners of war for an escape attempt from Oflag...
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