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National Geographic Channel Expedition Mars: Spirit and Opportunity 16 November 2016 Before the Flood: 21 October 2016 Drain the Ocean: WWII 19 September 2016 9/11: The Plane That Hit the Pentagon 10 September 2016 Mega Hammerhead 26 June 2016 Nat Geo Wild Sharkatratz 26 June 2016 Drain the Titanic 5 May 2016 National Geographic Channel
Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. National Geographic has broadcast many of the programme's episodes under multiple ...
National Geographic Special 11083 Flight of the Whooping Crane 1984 1987 90 0-8051-0440-2 ... National Geographic Special 15321 African Odyssey 1988 1989 90
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria, on 11 July 1991, which caught fire shortly after takeoff from King Abdulaziz International Airport and crashed while attempting to return for an emergency landing, killing all 247 passengers and 14 crew members on board.
Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets.One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force.
A new report by CelebrityPrivateJetTracker.com revealed the top celebrity private jet users of 2024, with ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt logging 612,578 miles (985,617 kilometers), followed by Elon ...
First flight by an aircraft with a pressurized cabin for high altitude flight: by a modified Engineering Division USD-9A A.S.40118 on June 8, 1921 by Art Smith. [144] First African–American or Native American or Black person to obtain an international pilot's license: Bessie Coleman on June 15, 1921 on a Nieuport 82. [145] [146]
Four in-air refuelings were required for the flight, which covered 37,743 kilometres (23,452 mi). In 1957, three United States Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses made the first non-stop jet-aircraft circumnavigation in 45 hours and 19 minutes, with two in-air refuelings. The 39,147 kilometres (24,325 mi) flight was completed at an average ...