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Brig. Gen. James Robinson "Robbie" Risner (January 16, 1925 – October 22, 2013)Robbie enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet in April 1943, attended flight training at Williams Field, Arizona, where he was awarded...
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Sometimes, the unmistakable sound of a lone Merlin engine fills the air in the dark of the night, during snowstorms, heavy showers, fog and in all seasons over residents near the former RAF station at Biggin Hill, Kent. Locals...
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. On April 24th, 1959, U.S. Air Force Captain John S. Lappo, a WW2 Veteran, was flying a USAF RB-47E 6-engine bomber aircraft, along with his five-man crew as they were returning to Lockbourne Air Force base near Columbus, Ohio....
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On October 15th, 1938, Curtiss test pilot Edward Elliott flew the prototype Curtiss XP-40, on its maiden flight. What later came to be known as the famed P-40, this prototype was powered by a newly installed liquid-cooled, supercharged Allison V-1710...
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October 16th,1963; A Convair B-58 Hustler nicknamed "Greased Lightning" took to the skies from Tokyo with one mission in mind. To smash the world record for the longest supersonic flight in history. Tokyo to London (via Alaska), a distance of 8,028 miles...
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