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On This Day in Aviation History

January 21st in Aviation History: First Concorde Passenger Flight, Cargolux Lands on Van and 40 More Events!

The Concorde begins scheduled service for both British Airways and Air France, crashes of Galaxy Airlines 203, Pan Am 1104 and an Iranian 727. NASA's Spirit rover ceases communication from Mars, and more...
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Pan Am's first office in Key West is marked by a sign

March 14th in Aviation History: Pan Am is Founded in Key West

Pan American Airways is founded, the first American flies a Russian spacecraft, a number of US boxers are killed in a LOT Poland crash, and more...
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Today in Aviation History: March 10th

The first flight to exceed 1,000 mph, US forces firebomb Tokyo, the world's first nighttime flight, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History: January 30th

United’s 747SP “Friendship One” sets an around-the-world record, the crashes of Kenya Airlines 431, Pan Am 806, and disappearances of a Varig 707F and a British Tudor, and more...
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The winter sun shines nicely on this Ted Airbus A320 N479UA in Las Vegas

On This Day 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...
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