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ACTRESS WAS KILLED IN 1942 PLANE CRASH

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On January 16, 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her
roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and
To Be
or Not to Be
, and for her marriage to the actor
Clark Gable, was
killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she is traveling in crashes en
route from
Las Vegas to Los Angeles. She was 33.

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IT WAS CALLED -‘’MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON”

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Pilot Sully Sullenberger performs “Miracle on the ...

On January 15, 2009, a potential disaster turned into a heroic
display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot
Jeffrey Skiles safely land the
plane they were piloting on
New York City’s Hudson River
after a bird strike caused its engines to fail. David Paterson,
governor of New York at the time,
dubbed the incident the
miracle on the Hudson.”  

Sullenberger, a former Air Force fighter pilot with decades of
flying experience, received a slew of honors for his actions,
including an invitation to
Barack Obama’s presidential
inauguration and resolutions of praise from the U.S.
Congress.


The 'Miracle on the Hudson' Flight: 8 Things You Might Not Know, a Decade Later | Condé Nast ...
Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot
Jeffrey Skiles
.

All survive as US Airbus A320 crashes into the Hudson river

Hero of the Hudson Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger to speak at Purdue - Purdue University News
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III will
turn 73 on January 23rd. 

Sully (2016) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)

The incident was adapted into the feature film
Sully
,
directed by Clint Eastwood. It starred Tom        
Hanks as Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as      
Skiles. It was released by
Warner Bros. on
September 9, 2016.

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PLANE CRASHES INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER

Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Potomac 1982 | Aviones de pasajeros, Fotógrafo, Historia de ...

On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737-222 plunged into
the Potomac River
in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The
crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from
the
White House.

The Air Florida flight took off from Washington National Airport
in Arlington,
Virginia, with 74 passengers and 5 crew members
on board. The plane had flown into Washington from Miami in
the early afternoon and was supposed to return to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, after a short stop.

However, snow in Washington temporarily closed the airport and
when it reopened, the plane was de-iced with chemical anti-freeze,
but the plane still had difficulty moving away from the gate due to
the ice. When it eventually made it to the airport’s only usable
runway, it was forced to wait 45 minutes for clearance to take
off.

Not wanting to further delay the flight, the pilot, Larry Wheaton,
did not return for more de-icing, and worse, failed to turn on the
plane’s own de-icing system.

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Washington, DC., USA, January 16, 1982 On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into ...

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The 30th anniversary of the Air Florida plane crash - The Washington Post

The Weather Network - The cascade of negligence that led to the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash

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SOME HUMOR FROM THE RETRO BLOG ~

01.11.24
FOX NEWS

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AMELIA EARHART SOLO FLIGHT TO HAWAII

On This Day, January 11th   
Amelia Earhart is shown on Jan. 12, 1935, after the first
Hawaii-to-California flight. She was the first pilot to
succeed at flying the route.

(FOX NEWS) – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart departed on a
journey to become the first pilot to successfully fly solo
from
Hawaii
to mainland United States on this day in history, Jan.
11, 1935.
 

The daring flight across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean
had claimed the lives of 10 previous aviators. She earned
$10,000 from promoters in Hawaii for her death-defying
achievement.

Earhart also hoped to promote a future in which commercial
air travel closed the distances around the world. 

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Amelia Earhart: Hawaii celebrates the great aviator
Hawaii celebrates the great aviator.

Amelia Earhart: First Solo Flight from Hawaii to California

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