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16 December 1960, 10:33:32 a.m., Eastern Standard Time: United Air Lines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8 jet airliner, collided with Trans World Airlines Flight 266, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, at approximately 5,200 feet (1,585 meters) over Staten Island, New York.
This Day in Aviation | Important Dates in Aviation History
5 天之前 · 11 December 1972, 19:54:58 UTC: Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt landed at the Taurus-Littrow Valley, The Moon. Apollo 17 was the last manned moon mission. Gene Cernan was the …
This Day in Aviation | Important Dates in Aviation History
17 December 1947: At Thermal, California, Jackie Cochran flew her green North American Aviation P-51B Mustang, NX28388, to a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a 3 Kilometer Course. Her average speed, after two passes over the course in each direction, was 663.054 kilometers per hour (412.002 miles per ...
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2017年12月16日 · 25 December 1946 (China) — Today is nicknamed Black Christmas as three airliners crash trying to land in bad weather, killing 72 people. It is the worst day so far in the history of Chinese civil aviation. 25 December 1949 (USA) — USAF revealed development of a ceramic with resistance to 2000°F.
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2016年9月28日 · On this day in 1909, some of the world's leading aviators met at a racetrack in Reims, France, to compete in the first organized international air meet. Today in 1871, aviator and inventor Orville Wright was born to Milton and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright. Orville was the sixth of seven children born to the Wrights.
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Today in airline history lists historical airline events that happened on this day around the world. This collection goes back over 100 years with 6757 + events currently recorded in the airline database.