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On July 26th, 1959; USMC Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 - July 6, 2009) was climbing his F-8 Crusader jet fighter to 47,000 feet at Mach .82 over a monstrous cumulonimbus cloud that peaked at 45,000 feet...
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Neil Alden Armstrong, born (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, university professor, astronaut and most famously known as the first person to set foot on our Moon. Although many ill informed...
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United DC-10 Sioux City Crash N1819U - Image Credit - Kplastique United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10, registered as N1819U, suffered a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to an unprecedented complete loss of all flight controls on...
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One fine day over Nevada, during the USAF "Red Flag" exercise, a seemingly innocent picture was taken of a USAF F-22 Raptor in flight. A nice photo op with a beautiful desert backdrop, and one of the most advanced air...
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Friday, June 24th,1994, a USAF B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, after the pilot, Lt Col Arthur “Bud” Holland, maneuvered the bomber well beyond its operational limits and lost control. The aircraft stalled, fell to the ground and...
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