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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

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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.       
      
      
      
      
      
      
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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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REMEMBERING THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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 February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died: Photos From the Plane Crash That Killed Buddy Holly ... 
 
 February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died: Photos From the Plane Crash That Killed Buddy Holly ...

February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died: Photos From the Plane Crash That Killed Buddy Holly ...

Plane Crash Site Where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Died

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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The Challenger disaster that changed NASA forever - The Hindu

How Groupthink Led to 7 Lives Lost in the Challenger Explosion - History in the Headlines
(AP)

At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle
Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and
Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first
ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a
37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New
Hampshire,
won a competition that earned her a place
among the seven-member crew of the Challenger.

Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground,
including Christa’s family, stared in disbelief as the
shuttle broke up in a forking plume of smoke and fire.

Millions more watched the wrenching tragedy unfold
on live television. There were no survivors.

The Challenger disaster that changed NASA forever - The Hindu
The crew of the Challenger space shuttle. Front row,
from left to right, shows astronauts Mike Smith, Dick
Scobee, Ron McNair and in the rear row, from left to
right, are Ellison Onizuka, school teacher Christa
McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judith Resnik.
(NASA) 

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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. 

AMELIA EARHART AND CROWD OF SPECTATORS 11x14 SILVER HALIDE PHOTO PRINT | eBay

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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