Sierra Hotel Blog
November 17th, 2017, Okanogan County Washington residents were greatly upset by U S Navy aircraft activity in the skies above.A contrail created by two junior officers with the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron 130 while operating in their EA-18G...
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On November 14th, 1969, a cold front was passing through Florida, bringing unstable weather in the form of showers and thunderstorms. At the time of the launch, there was no rain in Kennedy Space Center; the sky was overcast with...
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. Thank you so much for the invitation to speak today. As many times as I have done so around this country, I still admit to a slight case of butterflies as I hear my name introduced … which is...
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November 8th, 1967: Capt. Gerald O. Young's aircraft "Jolly 29" was one of two HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters sent to extract five survivors of a U.S. Army Special Forces reconnaissance team in Laos. The extraction site was known to...
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. October 3rd, 1967, Test pilot "Pete" Knight gave that Ol' Mach Demon the best chase it ever had! William John "Pete" Knight set a world absolute aircraft speed record for manned aircraft when he piloted the X-15A-2 to 4,520...
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