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From a phantom Spitfire over Biggin Hill to Deke Slayton's racer flying hours after his death — the most compelling ghost stories from military aviation history.
. 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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In 1989 at an air show at Brown Field, San Diego; Bob Hoover took a couple of passengers up in his Shrike Commander. Just after the aircraft left the runway, at approximately 300 feet, both engines simultaneously failed. Hoover managed...
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