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GLOBAL FLIGHT COMPLETED ON THIS DAY

1986: Voyager | | timegoggles.com

After nine days and four minutes in the sky, the experimental
aircraft Voyager
landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing the first nonstop flight around the globe on one load
of fuel.

Piloted by Americans Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager was
made mostly of plastic and stiffened paper and carried more than
three times its weight in fuel when it took off from Edwards Air
Force Base on December 14. By the time it returned, after flying
25,012 miles around the planet, it had just five gallons of fuel left
in its remaining operational fuel tank.

On This Date, December 23rd
The crew: Dick Rutan and friend Jeanna Yeager.
(no relation to aviator
Chuck Yeager)

From the Archives: Nonstop flight set around world record 35 years ago - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Rutan Voyager View22 | From The Smithsonian National Air and… | Flickr
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in
Washington DC.

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IT WAS THE FINAL FLIGHT OF PAN AM 103

Newsweek Jan 2, 1989 - Explosion in the Sky - Pan Am 103 - No Label | eBay

On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to
New York exploded in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland,
killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard,
as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground.

A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated
in the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000
feet.

The disaster, which became the subject of Britain’s largest
criminal investigation, was believed to be an attack against
the United States. One hundred eighty nine of the victims
were American.

What was the Pan Am flight 103 disaster and who carried out the Lockerbie  bombing? | The Sun         
       

Lockerbie bombing: Here's what happened in the deadly 1988 attack - The  Washington Post

Boeing 747-212B - Pan American World Airways - Pan Am | Aviation Photo #1024511 | Airliners.net

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THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS

12.17.24

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HISTORY WAS UP IN THE AIR ON THIS DAY

The Wright Brothers – First Flight in 1903 | MONOVISIONS

History of Flight - THE FIRST FLIGHT

Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made
the
first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-
than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903.

Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane,
which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its
inaugural flight.

Facts About The Wright Brothers ...


The John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum
in Dayton. Ohio.

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BANDLEADER WENT MISSING ON THIS DAY

El enigma de la desaparición de Glenn Miller | EL CAJÓN DE GRISOM   
Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller
(March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944)

After departing from an airfield outside London on December
15, 1944, a single-engine aircraft carrying trombonist and
bandleader
Glenn Miller went missing
over the English
Channel.

Miller was traveling to France for a congratulatory performance
for American troops that had recently helped to liberate Paris.

The wreckage of Miller’s plane was never found. His official
military status remains Missing in Action.

How Glenn Miller got the world 'In the Mood' - and then disappeared forever during WWII - Click ...

New Evidence in the Mystery of Glenn Miller’s Fatal Last Flight During WWII | McCartney Times
A U.S. Army Air Forces Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman
from the 3rd Air Commando Group.


MILLER, GLENN - Moonlight Serenade - Amazon.com Music undefined
Published in 1939.

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