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07
Dec
REMEMBERING A PAST EVENT IN HISTORY
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24
Nov
HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS HIJACKING IN 1971
A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State.
He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession. His brazen
crime still stands as one of the most mysterious in history.
Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb.
(L to R) Captain William Scott; First officer/copilot Robert Rataczak; flight attendant Tina Mucklow; and second
officer Harold Anderson are shown here at a news
conference in Reno, Nevada, after the arrival of Flight
305 to Reno International Airport.
FBI Special Agent Larry Carr.
Northwest Orient Flight 305’s 727 seen in the light of day.
The FBI ceased investigating America’s only unsolved airliner
hijacking in 2016. No additional loot was ever recovered and
generous cash rewards went unclaimed despite the publication
of every serial number.
FBI agent Larry Carr’s conclusion is logical. In all likelihood
the mystery man known as D.B. Cooper was killed in his jump
and his body rotted away, either on land or underwater.
Shown here are various pieces of evidence from the D.B.
Cooper skyjacking: a neck tie, receipt for a plane ticket
and money.
02
Nov
A FIRST AND ONLY FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1947
The Hughes Flying Boat, at one time the largest aircraft ever built,
was piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight
in Long Beach Harbor, California.
Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the
Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan
longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than
700 men to battle.
Howard Hughes was a successful Hollywood movie producer when
he founded the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932. He personally
tested cutting-edge aircraft of his own design and in 1937 broke the transcontinental flight-time record.
In 1938, he flew around the world in a record three days, 19 hours,
and 14 minutes.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (1905 – 1976)
The Spruce Goose is now on display at the Evergreen
Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
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24
Oct
THE FINAL FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 2003
The supersonic Concorde jet made its last commercial
passenger flight, traveling at twice the speed of sound
from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International
Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport on October 24,
2003.
The British Airways jet carried 100 passengers, including
actress Joan Collins, model Christie Brinkley and an Ohio
couple who reportedly paid $60,000 on eBay for two tickets
(a roundtrip trans-Atlantic fare typically cost about $9,000).
A large crowd of spectators greeted the plane’s arrival in
London, which coincided with two other final Concorde
flights from Edinburgh and the Bay of Biscay.
09
Jul
PRESIDENTIAL CHOPPER DECOMMISSIONED
(FOX NEWS) – The newly decommissioned Marine One helicopter
found a new home with the U.S. Secret Service.
Agents will train on same copter that transported every president
for the last 50 years.
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