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2010-08-26, 01:30 AM
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On This Day In Aviation History: August 26th (http://nycaviation.com/2010/08/26/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-august-26th/)

In 1959, the White House enters the jet age as President Eisenhower boards the first VC-137B (Boeing 707); 1988, Mehran Karimi Nasseri begins what would be the 18 year layover in Charles De Gaulle Airport in that inspired the film The Terminal; 2003, the final report on the Shuttle Columbia disaster is released.
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