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Space Travel’s Biggest Benefit – World Peace? Why We Must Venture Further

Why do we travel to space? What if there was a reason greater than technological advancements and finding a home on other planets? Dare we say...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 9th

Historic first flights of the Avro Lancaster and the first gyrocopter, as well as the crashes of Comair Flight 3272 and Golden West’s midair collision in 1975 and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On this Day in Aviation History: February 5th

The world's first airline launches passenger service, US starts inspecting baggage, a B-47 loses a nuke, TWA starts transatlantic flights, two transcontinental flying speed records are set and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

September 15th in Aviation History

The F-86 Sabre sets a world speed record, Wilbur Wright makes the first turn in an airplane, Nikita Khrushchev and a Tu-114 land at Andrews Air Force Base and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 31st

“Ham the Chimp” heads into sub-orbit in 1961, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in 2000, the near-collision of two widebody JAL jets in 2001, the launch of Apollo 14 and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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