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On This Day in Aviation History: September 21st

A pair of RAF Harriers collide, The Soviet Luna departs the Moon, maiden flights of the XB-70 Valkyrie, Ch-47 Chinook and B-29 Superfortress.
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Mike Tyson Arrested After a Fight at LAX Ticket Counter

Mike Tyson was booked on charges of assault after getting into a fight with an aggressive photographer at the United Airlines ticket counter Wednesday afternoon.
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Week In Review

Week In Review

A collection of this week's aviation news and odd happenings, including an A380 delivery, passenger escaping from aircraft, Midwest's last flight, an IL-76 crash, animals attacking airplanes, a man being denied first class upgr...
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Constructed from very light balsawood sheet and strip, boron filament, carbon fiber and a transparent covering of plastic film, these rubberband-powered planes can fly for up to 40 minutes at a time.

FLOAT: Inside the World of Competitive Rubberband-Powered Aircraft

A documentary about handmade “Indoor freeflight rubber-powered duration aircraft” is about to take off.
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The Logbook

In today's daily digest, great snaps of the Aeroflot A330 in SkyTeam colors, Mexicana joins one world, a funny complaint letter to Richard Branson, a Kingfisher ATR-72 overruns a runway, United suspends a drunken pilot and more.
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