On This Day in Aviation History: January 21st

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NYCAviation:

On This Day in Aviation History: January 21st (http://nycaviation.com/2011/01/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-january-21st/)

The Concorde begins is scheduled service for both British Airways and Air France simultaneously, crashes of Galaxy Airlines 203, Pan Am 1104 and an Iranian 727. NASA's MER-A ceases communication form Mars for two days and the first triplane gets off the ground....only for a moment.
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[sporky]

I am definitely partial toward the Concorde today, as that was the day I took my first breath in this world.

In addition:

1970 - The Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight from New York to London for Pan American.

-Tad