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Here is an amazing and true story from the crew of the SR-71 that arrived at RAF Greenham Common for the 1983 International Air Tattoo (IAT), Pilot: BC Thomas, RSO: John Morgan, July 1983."I did not fly the SR-71 out...
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Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN (21 January 1919 – 21 February 2016) British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than any other pilot in history. Wrinkle...
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It's the closest thing Canadian industry has to a love story and a murder mystery. The Avro Arrow, a sleek white jet interceptor developed in Malton, Ontario in the 1950s, could have been many things. It might have become the...
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February 2nd, 1970, a Convair F-106 Delta Dart, operated by the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron inadvertently departed controlled flight, and entered a flat spin. The pilot, Gary Foust, attempted to recover, unsuccessfully, including the desperation move of deploying the aircraft's...
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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...
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