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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: September 8th

US Air Mail begins, the first V-2 rockets hit London, Surveyor 5 launches, USAir Flight 427 crashes near Pittsburgh, first Russia relief mission to the US and more...
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Aviation News

The Logbook: UAV Video Feed for Only $26!

In today’s daily digest, enemy forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have been hacking into Predator drone video feeds, AirTran launches new Orlando Magic scheme, Air Canada announces Heathrow service with an A319, and Sky Harbor vo...
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AirTran Flight 297: Terror “Dry Run” or Internet Hoax?

Two passengers were removed from AirTran Flight 297 on November 18th after one of them refused to turn off his cell phone. But is there more behind the story? An email circulating the web says it might have been a test flight f...
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Continental’s First Star Alliance Scheme Enters Service

Continental's first jet in Star Alliance colors, a 757-200, entered service last week to celebrate the airline's entry into the network.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: December 8th

Chicago's Midway Airport suffers crashes of Southwest Flight 1248 in 2005 and United Flight 553 in 1972. In 1987, a Peruvian football club crashes into the Pacific ocean with only the pilot surviving, an Olympic Airways DC-6 cr...
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