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The "Shock Egg"... Vapour Cone, Shock Collar, Shock Egg or Cumulobadass (A term coined by the atmospheric researchers at Sierra Hotel Aeronautics) The Shock Egg is nothing more than a visible cloud of condensed water typically observed as an aircraft, or...
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On October 6th, 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria, launched a massive surprise strike on the state of Israel. Well over 200 Egyptian aircraft participating in the opening airstrike, including 20 Egyptian Air Force MiG-17s,...
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In the early hours of the 30th of March 2020, the 5-star luxury cruise ship RCGS Resolute was drifting with one engine idling and one engine undergoing maintenance in international waters, approximately 60 nautical miles off Venezuela's northern coast. Under...
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. On September 5th, 1986, a Boeing 747-121 named Clipper Empress of the Seas, operated by Pan American Airways, landed at Karachi airport for an early morning scheduled stopover. Pan Am Flight 73 was carrying 394 passengers, 9 infants, an...
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"Uh well, I'll tell ya, I remember this one time - I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shrangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan...
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