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On This Day in Aviation History
Initial planning of the Lufthansa Heist occurred during a meeting at the Airline Diner near LaGuardia Airport on Astoria Blvd. Today known as the Jackson Hole Diner, the landmark neon Airline Diner sign still stands.

On This Day in Aviation History: December 11th

The Luccheses rob $6 million from JFK Airport in the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. Also, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes in 1998, as well as Philippine Airlines Flight 434 in 1994. The prototype for the Concorde makes its debut and Kat...
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Airline News
One American 757 lands at St. Maarten while another taxis for departure. (Photo by Mario J. Craig)

American Airlines Baggage Handlers Took Apart Planes to Hide Drugs

A former American Airlines baggage handler was sentenced to three life sentences for running a drug smuggling ring out of JFK.
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Brandon Pelletier urinates at LAX.

Video (NSFW): Drunken Twilight Star Pees In The Middle Of LAX Terminal

Here's an actor named Bronson Pelletier whipping it out and peeing on the rug in front of hundred of LAX passengers late last month.
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Aviation News

Kennedy Airport Terror Planner Sentenced to Life in Prison

A US judge on Thursday sentenced a former cargo handler to life in prison for plotting to explode fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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Touch and Go
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Bell 206 Jetranger helicopter (N211LA). (Photo by Matthew Field via wikimedia, CC-BY-SA)

Man Gets 25 Years For Shooting LAPD Helicopter

Don't try to shoot down helicopters and you won't go to jail.
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