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Apollo 17 (Mission Event: December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, and remains the last time humans have travelled beyond the confines of low Earth orbit..The Apollo 17 crew consisted of Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module...
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'Twas the night before Christmas all over the place,When we were confronted by an old flying ace.There was icing reported and turbulent air ,He said, "File me a flight plan, I gotta get there".Outside sat his aircraft all ready to...
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On December 10th, 1963, test pilot Charles Elwood Yeager climbed into a modified Lockheed NF-104A equipped with a supplementary rocket engine and a reaction control system. The purpose of the test flight was to continue the testing of RCS to...
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. Gregory Pappy Boyington was born on December 4th, 1912. Boyington was initially a US Marine Corps aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air...
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In case you ever wondered what the world's fastest boat was…well, on October 8th, 1978, the jet-powered watercraft named "Spirit of Australia" reached 317.596 mph on the Tumut River. This aquatic feat was made possible by adding a Westinghouse...
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