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In the early morning hours of January 12, 2012, in heavy seas and marginal weather, a small skiff manned by seven Somali pirates who were up to no good spotted a defenceless cargo vessel at anchor located a few miles...
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Image credit: John Proctor Collection October 21, 2009, Northwest Airlines Flight 188, an Airbus A320-212, registered as N374NW, serial number 1646 departed San Diego International Airport, California, at 5:01pm CDT on a regularly scheduled flight to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Flight...
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On October 10th, 1947, Chuck Yeager was dropped from the B-29 mothership on his seventh powered flight in the X-1. Yeager fired all four engine chambers in rapid sequence and quickly accelerated towards that ol' demon that lived beyond the...
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July 2nd, 1982; Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) had often dreamed of flying but was unable to become a pilot in the United States Air Force because of his poor eyesight. . Larry fashioned his own...
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On September 17, 1959, test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield completed the first powered flight in the rocket propelled X-15. Because of delays in the development of the X-15's mammoth 57,000 pounds force thrust XLR-99 engine, the early flights were completed...
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