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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: March 25th

The first female Concorde pilot flies for British Airways, Qantas drops the 707 and becomes all-747, Piedmont takes on the biggest 737 fleet, seven crashes on this day, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History
Pan Am's Dixie Clipper (NC18605) carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Casablanca. (Photo by Pan Am)

January 14th in Aviation History: FDR Becomes First President To Fly

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt boards a plane for Morocco, a fire on the deck of carrier USS Enterprise kills 27 sailors, and more...
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Week In Review

Week In Review

A collection of this week's aviation news and odd happenings, including an A380 delivery, passenger escaping from aircraft, Midwest's last flight, an IL-76 crash, animals attacking airplanes, a man being denied first class upgr...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: March 3rd

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world without refueling, the crashes of United Flight 585, Turkish Flight 981, Mohawk Flight 405 and a Canadian Pacific Airlines Comet. Qantas flies to Tokyo, NACA i...
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: November 16th

Qantas is founded, NASA's X-43 hits Mach 10, NASA's Skylab 4 and Russia's Venera 3 are launched, National Airlines Flight 967 crashes, and more...
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