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On This Day in Aviation History

January 20th in Aviation History: Air Inter 148 Crashes, North American Airlines Born

Today in aviation history, Air Inter Flight 148 crashes, North American Airlines is born, E2C Hawkeye makes its first flight and much more!
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A Port Authority fire truck in action. (Photo by Matt Molnar)

FAA Discovers Most JFK Airport First Responders Not Certified

An FAA audit of the nearly 200 first responders employed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport revealed that an overwhelming majority were either never certified or held expired certifications.
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Touch and Go

Touch N’ Go: Virgin Galactic pilot defied the odds, New photo of the AA Dreamliner

Touch N’ Go is updated throughout the day with our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more.) AvStories: ✈ Scaled Composites employees, friends and family of Mike and Michelle Alsbury have set up a GoFund...
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On This Day in Aviation History
Concorde's first test flight

March 2nd in Aviation History: Concorde’s First Test Flight

Concorde makes its first test flight, a Boeing B-50 Superfortress completes the first nonstop, round-the-world flight, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
British Island Airways BAC One-Eleven (G-AXBB "Island Entente") seen at Basle, France. (Photo by Eduard Marmet, via Wikipedia)

First Flight of the BAC One-Eleven: August 20 in Aviation History

First successful skydive from a plane, first scheduled airship service, launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, first flight test of the GE-36 propfan engine and more...
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