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Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets a yearly visit from the Federal Aviation Administration, and it was shortly before this Christmas when the FAA examiner arrived.In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa...
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The Lockheed Skunk Works SR-71 Blackbird, AKA "The Sled" is 107 feet 5 inches long, and can fly at three times the speed of sound. Mach 3.0 at 80,000 ft. After a lengthy supersonic flight, the fuselage remains too hot...
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Captain Bob Pardo (back-seater 1st Lt Steve Wayne) and wingman Captain Earl Aman (back-seater 1st Lt Robert Houghton) from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand made aviation history in...
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Time for another special Sierra Hotel Aeronautics Christmas tale...Not only is it 100% true, but it is the kind of story that reminds us that what we do matters and CAN make a difference. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, December...
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The photo tells much about the story of a B-52H Stratofortress long-range bomber tail #61-023 airborne over the US with most of her vertical stabilizer sheared off, rear landing gears down for stabilization. It was widely known that a typical...
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