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FLIGHT WENT MISSING ON THIS DAY IN 2014

Could better tech solve mystery of Malaysia Flight 370? | CNN

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying
227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost contact with
air traffic control less than an hour after taking off from 
Kuala
Lumpur, then veers off course, disappears and
most of the plane, and everyone on board, were never 
seen again.

About an hour after Flight 370 was scheduled to land in
Beijing, Malaysia Airlines announced it was missing.

Prior to the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance, it had
been flying seemingly without incident.

There were no distress signals from the plane, reports
of bad weather or technical problems.

 


In 2015, French police officers carried a piece of airplane
debris on the island of Réunion which later proved to
have been from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.


 

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 debris successfully identified by officials - CBS News
More debris from Flight 370 found.

Can US assets locate missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? | Fox News Video


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AMERICA’S FIRST WWII FLYING ACE IN 1942

Pin on F-4-F Wildcat

Lt. Edward O’Hare takes off from the aircraft carrier Lexington
in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul—and minutes
later became
America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five
enemy bombers.       
      
      
      
      
      
      
 File:USS Lexington (CV-2) at anchor 1938.jpg - Wikimedia Commons    
USS Lexington
     

Edward “Butch” O’Hare naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on ...


This Day in WWII History: Feb 20, 1942: Pilot O'Hare becomes first ...
Edward "Butch" O’Hare waves during a parade
held in his honor in his hometown of St. Louis,
Missouri. Flanking him are his mother Selma
O’Hare, left, and his wife Rita.

World War II fighter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward
World War II fighter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O’Hare,
right, is congratulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
as O’Hare’s wife Rita places the Medal of Honor around his
neck on April 21, 1942, during a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C.

 

In 1963 President Kennedy lays a wreath on a monument dedicated to Lt. Comdr. Edward
In 1963 President Kennedy lays a wreath on a monument dedicated to Lt. Comdr. Edward "Butch" O’Hare (1914 –
1943). The wreath was handed to him by O’Hare’s
nephews, Philip Tovrea III and Edward Palmer, right.

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PRISNER EXCHANGE ON THIS DAY IN 1962

Bridge of Spies - DONOVAN, ABEL and POWERS after the BRIDGE OF SPIES
Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel         Francis Gary Powers
                                                    

On February 10, 1962, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers 
was released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel
Rudolf Abel, a senior
KGB spy who was caught in the United
States five years earlier.

Glienicke Bridge Where Spies Were Exchanged

Gary Powers: The U-2 spy pilot the US did not love - BBC News
The Glienicke bridge (known as the Bridge of Spies) just
after the Powers swap.

Los Angeles Morgue Files: Pilot Francis Gary Powers HELICOPTER CRASH 1977 Encino
Francis Gary Powers
(August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)

Powers later worked as a helicopter pilot
for
KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a
1977 helicopter crash.

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UNTHERED SPACEWALK ON THIS DAY IN 1984

Astronaut Bruce McCandless becomes to the first human to fly untethered in space, February 7 ...

While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce
McCandless II became the
first human being to perform
an untethered spacewalk
, when he exits the U.S. space
shuttle Challenger and maneuvers freely, using a bulky
white jet pack of his own design.

McCandless orbited Earth in tangent with the shuttle at
speeds greater than 17,500 miles per hour—the speed
at which satellites normally orbit Earth—and flew up to
320 feet away from the Challenger. After an hour and a
half of testing and flying the jet-powered backpack and
admiring Earth, McCandless safely reentered the shuttle.


Picture of Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II
(June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017)

Incredible Photo of the First Untethered Spacewalk - TechEBlog

Space Shuttle Challenger wallpapers, Vehicles, HQ Space Shuttle Challenger pictures | 4K ...

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RARE EGGS SAVED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

Alaska Airlines flight attendant saves rare flamingo eggs during flight; Zoo honors her with ...

SEATTLE  (KOMO)  —  An Alaska Airlines flight attendant was
recently honored by Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo after saving
rare Chilean flamingo eggs on a flight last August.

A zoo official transporting rare was Chilean flamingo eggs from
Zoo Atlanta to Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo when the incubator
keeping them warm stopped working.

Flight attendant Amber said “A passenger rang the call button
and asked if I would help keep some eggs warm.”

Alaska said Amber went to the galley, found some rubber gloves,
and filled them with warm water before bringing them to the zoo
official. The zoo officials then wrapped the gloves around the
eggs to make a makeshift, yet cozy nest.

Nearby plane passengers offered their coats and scarves for
extra insulation.

Do Flamingos Lay Eggs?


Amber and her granddaughter, Sunny (above) were honored guests of Woodland Park Zoo, and treated to an exclusive
tour that included a ‘meet and greet’ with the recently-
hatched chicks.

Best in-flight meal - Review of Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airlines - Tripadvisor


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