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Formerly, larboard was often used instead of port. This is from Middle English ladebord and the term lade is related to the modern load. [3] Larboard sounds similar to starboard and in 1844 the Royal Navy ordered that port be used instead. [8] [9] The United States Navy followed suit in 1846. [10] Larboard continued to be used well into the ...
The refueling probe from the KC-135 pierced the skin on the wing of the B-52. Upon landing at Larson AFB, the starboard wing failed, and the aircraft caught fire during the landing roll. The runway at Larson was damaged. All crew members were evacuated.
Pilot Stanley P. Butchart immediately noses over and releases the rocket plane early, pilot John B. "Jack" McKay dumps rocket propellants before landing on Rogers Dry Lake, whereupon the number four prop disintegrates, throwing blades into the starboard inner engine, through the fuselage, and into the port inner engine. "Butchart's aileron ...
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), as part of the French Revolutionary Wars, where a British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a greatly superior Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.
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September 13, 1994 – Polynesian Airlines Flight PH844, using a 737-300 from FuaŹ»amotu International Airport to Faleolo International Airport discovered the body of a deceased male stowaway was jamming the starboard carriageway. After 3.5 hours of maneuvers attempting to dislodge the body, the flight made an emergency landing using only the ...
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