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Nancy Jan Davis was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida, but considers Huntsville, Alabama, to be her hometown.. She graduated from Huntsville High School in 1971, [3] received a Bachelor of Science degree in applied biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1975 and another in mechanical engineering from Auburn University in 1977. [3]
On October 22, 1999, Jan Davis died while attempting a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Davis' jump was part of an organized act of civil disobedience protesting the NPS air delivery regulations (36 CFR 2.17(a)), which make BASE jumping illegal in national park areas.
On March 12, 1962, a group of five civilian women with parachuting experience was added to the cosmonaut training program. Only Tereshkova would fly. A leading Soviet high-altitude parachutist, 20-year-old Tatyana Kuznetsova was, and remains, the youngest person ever selected to train for spaceflight.
Parachutist, John Steinemann, was pulled out of N4111A, a C-45 H Expeditor aircraft, and hit the tail and was killed. September 2 – Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – Pilot Alan Ness was killed when his Fairey Firefly lost altitude and crashed in Lake Ontario while taking part in a formation flight.
On Jan. 21, the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club posted on its social media accounts that it was sending skaters to Wichita. “Congratulations to everyone and we wish you all the best ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair ...
N. Jan Davis (born 1953), Engineer (3 flights) [36] STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist 2 — Spacelab -J, Japan-funded Spacelab mission [ 14 ] STS-60 Discovery — February 1994 — Mission Specialist 1 — SPACEHAB , Wake Shield Facility [ 33 ]
The 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships had been held in the city from Jan. 20 until Jan. 26, the U.S. Figure Skating website stated. 1994 pairs figure skating world champions Evgenia ...