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FAVORITE TELEVISION WAR SERIES!

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Robert Lansing

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Paul Burke


12 O’Clock High
is a drama series set in World War II. The series 
was originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half seasons
from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967. It was based
on the 1949 motion picture Twelve O’Clock High starring Gregory
Peck.

The TV series, a QM Production, follows the missions of the fictitious
918th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), equipped
with B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers.

Robert Lansing starred as Brigadier General Savage, leader of the
fictitious 918th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was
killed off at the start of season two in 1965 when Paul Burke moved
up to lead actor.


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AVIATORS PLANE FOUND?

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Amelia Earhart

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(Fox News) – A grainy sonar image (above) captured off an uninhabited tropical
island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati might represent the remains
of the Electra, the two-engine aircraft legendary aviator Amelia Earhart was piloting
when she vanished on July 2, 1937 in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.

Released by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), which
has long been investigating Earhart’s last, fateful flight, the images show an "anomaly" resting at the depth of about 600 feet in the waters off Nikumaroro island, some
350 miles southeast of Earhart’s target destination, Howland Island.

 

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Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed L-10E Electra NR16020

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FLIGHT COMPLETED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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Lucky Lady II

The plane landed at Carswell Air Force Base at 10:31 AM, two minutes before the estimated time of arrival calculated at take-off.
at take-off.

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The fuselage of Lucky Lady ll is currently on display at the Planes of Fame
Museum in Chino, California.

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ROBERT CONRAD TURNED 84 TODAY

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 Robert-Conrad black sheep
The TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978.

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NOTED TEST PILOT IS 90 TODAY!

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Chuck Yeager and his Bell X-1 experimental supersonic plane, named
after his wife.

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Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is a retired major general in the
United States Air Force and former test pilot. He was the first pilot
to travel
faster than sound in 1947.

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Nov.-Dec. 2010

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Yeager is depicted by actor Sam Shepard in the 1983 film  "The Right Stuff".

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