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Hangar Talk and Flying Demo of the MiG-15bis at Planes of Fame Air Museum

Vintage Aviation News

In addition to the flight demonstration, visitors can enjoy an exciting lineup of presentations as part of “Hangar Talk.” He will examine how early aviation pioneers paved the way for sophisticated advancements in aviation technology. Museum members receive free entry.

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National Air and Space Museum Prepares for a New Modern Military Aviation Gallery

Vintage Aviation News

At that time, the warbird industry in the United States had already seen several F-86s from other Latin American countries traded back to the United States, and collectors and pilots were eager to get their hands on the now surplus Sabres. North American F-86F Sabre FAB 658 (former USAF s/n 52-4689) at Santa Cruz de Sierra. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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Flight to the Valley

Gary's Flight Journal

I returned to the hangar and shut down wanting to give everything a look. I could smell brakes on the right/co-pilot side and the new rotor looked like it got hot. I made a nice landing and taxied for the FBO, Aviation Technologies, Inc. Abort Abort!! I went immediately on the brakes and taxied off.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Junkers J.I

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had an armored “bathtub” compartment 5mm thick that housed the pilot, rear gunner/observer, fuel tanks, and the engine (a design element of later attack aircraft). Though Luftstreitkrfte pilots were at first skeptical of the performance of the slow, ungainly-looking aircraft, the durability of the design was self-evident.

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Today in Aviation History: Birth of Charles Lindbergh

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On this day in aviation history, February 4, 1902, famed pilot Charles Lindbergh was born. Known in history as the first pilot to complete a solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Charles Lindbergh as an airmail pilot for the Robertson Aircraft Corporation, St.

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