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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: March 25th

The first female Concorde pilot flies for British Airways, Qantas drops the 707 and becomes all-747, Piedmont takes on the biggest 737 fleet, seven crashes on this day, and more...
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End of the Runway for Abused Concorde?

Disturbing images of Concorde G-BOAD emerged on NYCAviation last week, having had her majestic nose broken off by a truck and a family of pigeons taking up residence in her tail. Here's what we can do to make sure she's taken c...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Aviation News

AirTran Introduces Their Fourth Logojet: “Magic 1”

AirTran Airways has painted one of their 717-200s in blue and black to celebrate the signing of Orlando Magic player Dwight Howard's signing to an advertising deal.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: May 7th

The Soviet Union proves that they shot down a U-2 spy plane after an American attempt to cover it up, Pacific Air Flight 773 crashes after a man shoots both pilots, Varig is founded, the Lockheed L-1011-500 enters service and m...
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: September 23rd

The country's first air mail delivery takes place in New York, Qantas experiences the worst accident in their history, NASA announces it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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