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Clarence Leonard Johnson was born on February 27th, 1910. He was only 13 years old when he won a prize for his first aircraft design. While attending grade school in Michigan, classmates teased him by calling him "Clara". One morning...
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Here is an amazing and true story from the crew of the SR-71 that arrived at RAF Greenham Common for the 1983 International Air Tattoo (IAT), Pilot: BC Thomas, RSO: John Morgan, July 1983."I did not fly the SR-71 out...
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Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN (21 January 1919 – 21 February 2016), British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than any other pilot in history. Wrinkle...
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It's the closest thing the Canadian aviation industry has to a love story and a murder mystery. The Avro Arrow, a sleek white jet interceptor developed in Malton, Ontario in the 1950s, could have been many things. It might have...
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February 2nd, 1970, a U.S.A.F. Convair F-106 Delta Dart, operated by the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, inadvertently departed controlled flight and entered a flat spin. The pilot, Gary Foust, attempted to recover unsuccessfully, including the desperate move of deploying the...
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