Boeing’s 367-80, nicknamed the “Dash 80” was scheduled to perform a simple flyover, but Tex Johnston instead performed a barnstormer style…
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Boeing 707
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Civil Aviation
Supersonic DC-8, i.e. the Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier
by Dario LeoneChuck Yeager, the first person to ever go supersonic in 1947, escorted the DC-8 during its supersonic flight in an F-104…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The unknown story of the RAF Phantom pilot who intercepted an Argentine Boeing 707 spy plane over the Falklands
by Dario LeoneJohn now manoeuvred to hold a safe formation position on the Boeing 707. The Boeing, he noticed, had been painted white…
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Military Aviation
Boeing expected to block IAI’s bid to convert 767 into aerial tankers
by Dario LeoneIAI has secured deals to sell its 767 tanker to Brazil and Colombia and is a threat to Boeing as it…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
“MAINTENANCE ERROR DAMAGED E-8C JSTARS AIRCRAFT,” USAF MATERIEL COMMAND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD SAYS
by Dario LeoneContractor maintenance personnel covered three drain holes in aircraft’s radar radome on the belly of the aircraft causing water from washings…
