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On the 15th of November 1967; Michael J Adams' took the seventh X-15 flight, in the number three aircraft. At 10:30 in the morning, the X-15-3 dropped away from underneath the wing of Balls 8 NB-52B mothership at 45,000 ft...
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Since mankind first turned our eyes skyward, through endless, tireless and persistent dedication to reach our lofty goals, we have successfully topped the windswept heights with easy grace, and flung ourselves through the footless halls of air. However, there has...
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules, registration NX37602, was a heavy strategic airlift military transport aircraft, designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. The mammoth aircraft was intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II to avoid...
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. On March 31, 1943, second lieutenant Owen John Baggett was stationed in British India, as part of the 7th Bombardment Group. They had departed on a mission to destroy a bridge at Pyinmana, Burma, and while en route to...
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Perhaps the spookiest aeronautical tale ever told...Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, operated by a four-month-old Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar (the tenth example delivered to the carrier) carrying 163 passengers and 13 crew members, left New York's JFK Airport on Friday, December...
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