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on March 22, 2010
We have just received word that the first 787, has been painted in ANA colors. Here's a toast to the first of what is hopefully many to come.
The importance of this aircraft is actually pretty ...
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on March 29, 2008
This month is aviation history features the discovery of Pluto, the first nonstop hot-air balloon around the world, and the death of Sr. Isaac Newton.
March 1, 1932 - The 20-month-old son of Charles ...
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on February 23, 2008
As Black History month comes to a close, I wanted to share with you a timeline of African-American Achievements in Aviation and Aerospace.
1952: Frank E. Petersen, Jr., B.S., M.S.- U.S. Marine Corp&#...
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on February 23, 2008
This month in aviation history features the first American to orbit Earth and the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
February 3, 1959: Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper di...
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on December 12, 2007
This week in aviation history features the final moon mission and the first passenger jet to land in Vietnam.
December 7, 1972: America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Cana...
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on November 27, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first Free flight in a balloon and the only unsolved domestic skyjacking in history.
November 12, 1981: The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the seco...
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on October 30, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first person to land a plane at the South Pole and the first animal in space.
October 22, 1797: Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a ...
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on September 27, 2007
This week in outdoor history features the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the first round-the-world flight.
September 14, 1959: The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made obje...
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on September 11, 2007
This week in aviation history features the death of Charles Lindbergh, the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and the first airplane fatality.
August 25, 2003: NASA launched the infrared Spit...
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on August 21, 2007
This week in aviation history features the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight and the death of Charles Lindbergh.
August 17, 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside o...
