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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: February 7th

Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts conduct the 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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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: February 3rd

The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Also, a US Marines jet slices down a cable car in Italy, Lufthansa launches the first regular transatlantic...
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Challenger disaster video by Jeffrey Ault

Video: Another Amateur Video of Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion Revealed

For the third time in two years, unseen footage of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been uncovered, this time from a teenager using a Super 8 movie camera.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: August 11th

First flight of the Cessna 620, Russia sends its third man to space, a bomb explodes aboard Pan Am Flight 830, Ronald Reagan jokes about bombing Russia, Shuttle Atlantis completes STS-43 and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: October 30th

On this day in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on what would be its final successful mission; in 1976 a Pan Am 747SP sets a speed record for a trans-polar round-the-world flight; in 1908, Henry Farman completes Europ...
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