NYCAviation:
On This Day In Aviation History: August 26th

In 1959, the White House enters the jet age as President Eisenhower boards the first VC-137B (Boeing 707); 1988, Mehran Karimi Nasseri begins what would be the 18 year layover in Charles De Gaulle Airport in that inspired the film The Terminal; 2003, the final report on the Shuttle Columbia disaster is released.
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