On This Day in Aviation History

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:arrow: On This Day in Aviation History: December 24th

Read about this busy day with the hijackings of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999 and Air France Flight 8969 in 1994. LANSA Flight 508 crashes with a girl surviving the 2-mile plummet in 1971 and Flying Tiger Flight 282 crashing in 1964. Also, Apollo 8 rounds the Moon, Santa’s first NORAD tracking, JFK Airport is named and the US drops Christmas cards over the Philippines!

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:arrow: On This Day in Aviation History: December 25th

A busy day with the hijackings of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999 and Air France Flight 8969 in 1994. LANSA Flight 508 crashes with a girl surviving the 2-mile plummet. Also, Apollo 8 rounds the Moon, Santa’s first NORAD tracking, JFK Airport is named and more.

:arrow: On This Day in Aviation History: December 26th

A big day for the Russians, as Aeroflot begins Il-86 flights in 1980, the Tu-144 begins operations in 1975, and the first Russian exceeds the sound barrier in 1948.

[PhilDernerJr]

:arrow: On This Day in Aviation History: December 27th

This day saw the crash of Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 in 1991, terror attacks at airports in Vienna and Rome in 1985, TWA and American beginning coast-to-coast flights in 1949, USAAC bombs Hawaii to control lava flow in 1935 and the original aircraft carrier is commissioned.