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The SR-71 served six presidents, protecting America for a quarter of a century. Unbeknown to most of the country, the plane flew over North Vietnam, Red China, North Korea, the Middle East, South Africa, Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Libya, and the...
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There's an Air Force pilot driving from McChord to NAS Whidbey, and a Naval aviator driving from NAS Whidbey to McChord. In the middle of the night with no other cars on the road they hit each other head on...
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During a mission in the Persian Gulf, a VF-142 F-14 Tomcat lost its radome due to the latching mechanism failure at over 450 kts, and an altitude of 27,000 feet. During in-flight separation, the radome slammed into the canopy, and...
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Image: TVR Photography - Tyson Rininger Robin Olds first flew at the age of eight, in an open cockpit biplane operated by his father. In 1943, Lieutenant Olds completed fighter pilot training with the 329th Fighter Group, a training unit based at...
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The following was written by a Flight Attendant on board Delta Flight 15, on 11 September 2001, after 240 flights were rerouted to Canada when American airspace was closed. Delta Flt 15 was one of 39 of those flights that...
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