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Trans-Air Service Flight 671 was a cargo flight from Luxembourg Airport to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.While flying over France on 31 March 1992, the Boeing 707 operating the flight experienced an in-flight separation of two engines on its right wing.
Slouch hat – One side of hat droops down as opposed to the other which is pinned against the side of the crown; Tarleton Cap – A leather helmet with a large crest. Popular with cavalry and light infantry in the late 18th and early 19th century. Named after British military commander, Banastre Tarleton.
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial 707-120 first flew on December 20, 1957. Pan Am began regular 707 service on October 26, 1958.
September 17: Pan Am Flight 292, a 707-121B, crashed into the side of a mountain in a storm on the island of Montserrat, killing all 30 passengers and crew on board. [8] 1966. January 24: Air India Flight 101, a 707-437, crashed into Glacier des Bossons on the southwest face of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. All 106 passengers and 11 crew were ...
It has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one as with the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry. [2] [3] The E-7 was designed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) under "Project Wedgetail" and designated E-7A Wedgetail.
The Boeing 720 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.Announced in July 1957 as a 707 derivative for shorter flights from shorter runways, the 720 first flew on November 23, 1959.
1959 Arlington Boeing 707 crash; 1971 Qantas bomb hoax; 1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash; 1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash; 1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash; 1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash; 1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash; 1991 RAAF Boeing 707 crash; 2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash
The bubble canopy of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Canopy of an F-22 Raptor. An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of some types of aircraft.An aircraft canopy provides a controlled and sometimes pressurized environment for the aircraft's occupants, and allows for a greater field of view over a traditional flight deck.