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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: February 12th

Continental/Colgan Flight 3407 crashes in upstate New York, an Iran Air Tu-154 crashes into a mountain, United's Ted low cost subsidiary begins operations, an Air Rhodesia flight is shot down in South Africa and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 31st

“Ham the Chimp” heads into sub-orbit in 1961, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in 2000, the near-collision of two widebody JAL jets in 2001, the launch of Apollo 14 and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: September 19th

A bomb takes down UTA Flight 772, Israel launches their first satellite, a Turkish Airlines 727 hits a mountain, some farm animals fly a balloon, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: February 7th

Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts conduct first untethered spacewalk, The Beatles arrive at JFK for their first US tour, a Cessna completes a 65-day flight and much more.
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Aviation News

The Logbook: Marathon of “Law and Order: Aviation Unit”

NAACP slaps US Airways with a discrimination suit, a drunk man gets arrested after F-16s escort his plane to Colorado, two Qantas employees are detained in Vietnam and Canadian authorities tell Air Canada to maintain their nuts...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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