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1958 – Seventh of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19313, c/n 7, on X-10 Drone BOMARC target mission 2, out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The X-10 flies out over the ocean, then accelerates toward the Cape. However the Bomarc A fails to launch. Autoland is successful, but again the drag chute and landing barrier both fail, and the vehicle burns ...
2000 – Launch: Space Shuttle Discovery STS-92 at 19:17:00 EDT. Mission highlights: ISS assembly flight 3A: Z1 truss. It was the 100th Space Shuttle Mission. 1999 – 1999 Air Botswana incident occurred when Chris Phatswe, a Botswana airline pilot, committed suicide by crashing a plane into the tarmac and a group of aircraft at Sir Seretse ...
www.airspacemag.com. ISSN. 0886-2257. OCLC. 1054386888. Air & Space/Smithsonian is a quarterly magazine published by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., United States. [2] Its first publication was in April 1986. [3] Articles in the magazine involve topics related to historical and present aviation and space travel. [4]
Website. www.aviationweek.com. ISSN. 0005-2175. Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 28, 1979. Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa. The weekly magazine is available in print and online, reporting on the aerospace, defense and ...
Clara Adams. Clara Adams (born Clara Grabau; 1884–1971), known as the "first flighter" [1] and the "maiden of maiden flights," [2] was an aircraft passenger and enthusiast who set a variety of flying records. She helped popularize air travel [3] and was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger aboard the Graf Zeppelin.
Aviation/Anniversaries/June 18. 2013 – A tornado passes between Runways 34R and 34L at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, passing 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) east of the airport ' s A gates, causing thousands of people to take cover in stairwells, restrooms, and other safe areas. The anemometer at the airport ' s weather station ...
This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. Timeline ...
The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in 1932, and the type was still in use with the U.S. Army Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines.