Posts Tagged ‘North Korea’
 

 
NASA's B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft touches down at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on June 11, 2000 to deliver the latest version of the X-38 flight test vehicle to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. (Photo by NASA)

First Flight of the Super Guppy: August 31 in Aviation History

Rocky Marciano dies in a plane crash, Aeromexico Flight 498 suffers a midair collision near LAX, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff
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Kim Jong-un watches something in the sky. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency)

North Korea Ready To Try Another Rocket Launch Carrying ‘Satellite’

North Korea will this month attempt for a second time to launch a long-range rocket carrying a satellite, the government announced Saturday.
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Aero L-29 Delfin on display at the Museum of Hungarian Aviation.

April 5th in Aviation History: The Death of Howard Hughes, Czechoslovakia’s First Jet Flies

Howard Hughes dies, North Korea launches a satellite, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashes in Georgia, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff
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North Korean Commerce Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash

North Korean commerce minister Kim Bong-cheol was killed on Tuesday when his helicopter crashed on a small island in North Pyongan province, according to a news report on Thursday. Four others were also killed.
by BNO News
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South Korean Troops Try to Shoot Down Airliner After Mistaking it for North Korean Jet

South Korean troops mistakenly opened fire at an Asiana Airlines passenger plane early Friday morning after misidentifying it as a North Korean military plane, the Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday.
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