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This Day in History: Eastern Airlines Flight 401
On this day in 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashes in the Everglades. The jumbo jet had been making a late evening flight from New...
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Dec 29, 20213 min read
This Day in History: WWII Pilot Gertrude Tompkins
On this day in 1944, an elite American female pilot climbs into a P-51D Mustang fighter. Gertrude Tompkins Silver was tasked with...
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Oct 26, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Calvin Spann, Tuskegee Airman
On this day in 2015, Lt. Calvin J. Spann passes away at the age of 90. Decades earlier, he’d been one of the original members of the...
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Sep 6, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Howard Hughes flies around the world
On this day in 1938, Howard Hughes nears the end of his flight around the world. He wasn’t the first to make such a flight, but he was...
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Jul 10, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Amelia Earhart’s final flight
On this day in 1937, Amelia Earhart lands her twin-engine airplane in New Guinea. She and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were attempting to...
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Jun 29, 20213 min read
This Day in History: The U.S. Army Air Service & the first midair refueling
On this day in 1923, two biplanes conduct the first successful midair refueling. Well, sort of. They made the first midair transfer using...
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Jun 27, 20213 min read
This Day in History: “Pardo’s Push” saves a pilot
On this day in 1967, a United States Air Force pilot risks his life to save his wingman. Captain John R. “Bob” Pardo would try an...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Bessie Coleman, First Licensed Black Aviator
On this day in 1892, Bessie Coleman is born to a poor sharecropping family in Atlanta, Texas. She would later become the first black...
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Jan 26, 20213 min read
This Day in History: A Boeing 737 crashes into the Potomac
On this day in 1982, a Boeing 737 crashes into the icy waters of the Potomac. Air Florida Flight 90 had stalled during takeoff, then...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
This Day in History: JFK’s “Moon Shot” Speech
On this day in 1961, John F. Kennedy shakes the country into action with a memorable address. “I believe that this nation,” he told...
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May 25, 20203 min read
This Day in History: Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” flies
On this day in 1947, the “Spruce Goose” flies for the first and only time. With a wingspan of 320 feet, it was the largest airplane to...
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Nov 2, 20193 min read
This Day in History: The Freckleton Air Disaster
On this day in 1944, the Freckleton Air Disaster occurs. It has been called the “single greatest civilian air disaster suffered by the...
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Aug 23, 20173 min read
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