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October 13th 1972; Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, later known as "The Andes flight disaster", and "The Miracle of the Andes", departed Montevideo, Uruguay, bound for Santiago, Chile with 45 passengers and crew, including 19 members of the Old Christians...
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In an effort to see his father whom was dying of cancer,  Major Clifton Curtis "C.C." Williams, Jr. departed Cape Canaveral on October 5, 1967, en route to Mobile, Alabama, the location of his family home.  At 22 thousand feet in...
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. John Watts Young; (September 24th 1930 - January 5th 2018) American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, helicopter pilot, fighter pilot and aeronautical engineer, who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the...
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Pictured: A U-2 spy plane prepares for flight from Groom Lake, also known as Area 51, Watertown, The Ranch, Neverland, Paradise Ranch, The Box, or Restricted Area 4808N. . . You know that feeling when you are on the highway,...
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