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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th

A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...
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Air Europa to Commence Daily JFK-Madrid (MAD) Service June 1

Air Europa will inaugurate daily flights between Madrid, Spain (MAD) and JFK on June 1st. Flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: October 30th

On this day in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on what would be its final successful mission; in 1976 a Pan Am 747SP sets a speed record for a trans-polar round-the-world flight; in 1908, Henry Farman completes Europ...
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Off-Road Driving With a Soviet Cargo Jet

What do you do when your 200-ton Soviet-era Antonov An-124 cargo jet gets stuck in the mud and the nearest tug is on the other side of the Urals? GUN IT.
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Luxemburg Airport Technician Needs New Drawers After Close Encounter with a 747

An airport technician was nearly crushed by a Cargolux 747 Freighter landing at Luxemburg.
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