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03
Mar
NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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02
Mar
FLIGHT COMPLETED ON THIS DAY IN 1949
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.
The fuselage of Lucky Lady ll is currently on display at the Planes of Fame
Museum in Chino, California.
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13
Feb
NOTED TEST PILOT IS 90 TODAY!
Chuck Yeager and his Bell X-1 experimental supersonic plane, named
after his wife.
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.
Nov.-Dec. 2010
Yeager is depicted by actor Sam Shepard in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff".
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10
Feb
NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) will be 72 on May 24
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