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On a Saturday, 28th of July, 1945, a lone B-25 Mitchell bomber was on a routine personnel transport mission from Bedford Army Air Field to Newark Airport. On approach, the pilot requested clearance to land but was advised of zero...
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On May 1st 1983, during an Israeli Air Force dissimilar air combat training session over the Negev desert, an IDF F-15D Eagle collided with an IDF A-4 Skyhawk.The pilot of the tumbling Skyhawk managed to eject from his aircraft just...
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John Herschel "Magnet Ass" Glenn Jr. was born on, July 18th, 1921, in Cambridge Ohio. During WW2, Glenn was assigned to Marine Squadron VMJ-353, flying R4D transport planes. He transferred to VMF-155 as an F4U Corsair fighter pilot and flew...
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July 16th, 1994; We witnessed the largest collision/explosion ever witnessed by mankind. and no, it was not due to the alluvium Q-36 explosive space modulator, but instead, a rock, the size of Mt Everest moving at 60 kilometres per second(Yes you...
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As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It's an...
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