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  2. Arthur W. Murray - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Warren "Kit" Murray (December 26, 1918 – July 25, 2011) [1] was a United States test pilot who flew test flights on the Bell X-1 and the Bell X-5 aircraft. He was the first pilot to see the curvature of the Earth and set an unofficial altitude record of more than 90,000 feet at over twice the speed of sound.

  3. Katrina Mumaw - Wikipedia

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    Captain Katrina Mumaw (born c. 1983 in Lancaster, California), is a United States Air Force Academy graduate and accomplished pilot who holds several records in aviation. [1] On July 12, 1994, at the age of eleven, [2] Mumaw became the youngest person to pilot a Russian MIG-29 fighter jet [3] and also the youngest to break the sound barrier. [2]

  4. Stephen Fleming - Wikipedia

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    He is also the team's longest-serving and most successful captain with 28 test victories and led the team to win the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the team's first International Cricket Council trophy. Fleming captained New Zealand in the first ever Twenty20 International against Australia in 2005.

  5. Trump witnesses 6th SpaceX launch of Starship: What happened ...

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    Starship test flight: SpaceX Starship splashes down after 6th launch; booster catch called off Nov. 19, 2024: Trump in attendance; booster catch called off. The most recent Starship flight test ...

  6. John Smit - Wikipedia

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    Smit played his first Springbok game in 2000 at the age of 22, when South Africa beat Canada 51–18 at Basil Kenyon Stadium in East London.Between October 2003 and June 2007, Smit played in a record 46 consecutive Test matches for South Africa, though it was not until 2004, when he was made captain of the squad by then new coach Jake White, that he became a regular member of the starting XV.

  7. List of people from California - Wikipedia

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    Jerry Brown – governor of California (1975–83; 2011–19) and mayor of Oakland; Pat Brown – governor of California (1959–1967) Dave Brubeck – jazz pianist and composer; Tedy Bruschi – football player; Lindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac) Jeff Buckley – singer-songwriter and guitarist; Bill Buckner – baseball player

  8. California boat captain gets 4-year prison term for fire ...

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    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people in one of the state's deadliest maritime disasters, was sentenced on ...

  9. Eugene Burton Ely - Wikipedia

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    [nb 2] Ely flew from the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, California, and landed on the Pennsylvania, which was the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft. [16] [17] This flight was also the first-ever using a tailhook system, designed and built by circus performer and aviator Hugh Robinson. [7] Ely told a reporter: "It was easy enough.