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The following was written by a Flight Attendant on board Delta Flight 15, on 11 September 2001, after 240 flights were rerouted to Canada when American airspace was closed. Delta Flt 15 was one of 39 of those flights that...
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Ever have one of those days...On the 8th of September, 1954; Scott Crossfield, a NACA Test Pilot at the High Speed Flight Station, lifted away from EAFB on his very first flight in the North American Aviation F-100A-5-NA Super Sabre,...
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On September 6, 1976, Lieutenant Belenko from the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, Soviet Air Defence gained worldwide attention when defecting to the West, by unexpectedly landing in Hakodate, Japan. The reason this event had such an impact is...
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At approximately 3 a.m. on September 30, 1956, Thomas "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, A Marine during WWII, was having a drink in Washington Heights one night when another patron bet him that he couldn't go to New Jersey and be back in...
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August 6th, 1955; As part of the Dash 80's demonstration program, Boeing invited representatives of the Aircraft Industries Association (AIA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the Seattle's 1955 Seafare and Gold Cup Hydroplane Races held on Lake Washington ...
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