Homepage This C-130A Hercules flew the last mission out of Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. It landed with 452 people on board, 32 of them in the cockpit, overloaded by at least 10,000 pounds.

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This C-130A Hercules flew the last mission out of Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. It landed with 452 people on board, 32 of them in the cockpit, overloaded by at least 10,000 pounds.

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This C-130A Hercules flew the last mission out of Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. It landed with 452 people on board, 32 of them in the cockpit, overloaded by at least 10,000 pounds.

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When a FedEx Flight Engineer tried to hijack a company DC-10 cargo aircraft, its aircrew went inverted to keep him off his feet. The story of FedEx Flight 705.

Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety

When a FedEx Flight Engineer tried to hijack a company DC-10 cargo aircraft, its aircrew went inverted to keep him off his feet. The story of FedEx Flight 705.

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C-17 Globemaster III crew planned and executed demo within 24 hours

Airshows / Military Aviation

C-17 Globemaster III crew planned and executed demo within 24 hours

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Crazy video shows Italian Air Force C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft being flown like a Fighter Jet during Royal International Air Tattoo

Military Aviation

Crazy video shows Italian Air Force C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft being flown like a Fighter Jet during Royal International Air Tattoo

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Cool video features RAF A400M Atlas and C-130 Hercules Cargo Aircraft performing Beach Landings

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Cool video features RAF A400M Atlas and C-130 Hercules Cargo Aircraft performing Beach Landings

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Antonov Restores Operations of its remaining five AN-124 Cargo Aircraft from Leipzig, Germany, where the Company Relocated after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Antonov Restores Operations of its remaining five AN-124 Cargo Aircraft from Leipzig, Germany, where the Company Relocated after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Watch a huge C-17 Globemaster III taking off from a very short runway after it landed at too-small airport instead of landing at MacDill AFB

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Watch a huge C-17 Globemaster III taking off from a very short runway after it landed at too-small airport instead of landing at MacDill AFB

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Antonov Conducts Damage Assessment Of An-225 Mriya badly damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Antonov Conducts Damage Assessment Of An-225 Mriya badly damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Video shows Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine found at Hostomel Airport

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Video shows Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine found at Hostomel Airport

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Photos and Video show the Remains of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane ever built, destroyed at Hostomel Airport during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Photos and Video show the Remains of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane ever built, destroyed at Hostomel Airport during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Photo seems to Show that the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane ever built, has been Destroyed

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Photo seems to Show that the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane ever built, has been Destroyed (Updated)

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Russian forces take control over Hostomel Airport, Home of the Antonov AN-225. But the ‘Mriya is whole,’ chief pilot Dmitro Antonov says.

Civil Aviation / Military Aviation

Russian forces take control over Hostomel Airport, Home of the Antonov AN-225. But the ‘Mriya is whole,’ Chief Pilot Dmitro Antonov says.

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The "Candy Bomber" Col. Gail Halvorsen passes away at 101. He went down in History for his Selfless Acts during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and 1949.

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The “Candy Bomber” Col. Gail Halvorsen passes away at 101. He went down in History for his Selfless Acts during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and 1949.

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C-17A #90-0534 is the first Globemaster III to clock more than 25,000 flight hours

Military Aviation

C-17A #90-0534 is the first Globemaster III to clock more than 25,000 flight hours

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The story Reach 806, the C-17 that during Operation Allies Refuge landed in Kabul without normal runway lighting

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story Reach 806, the C-17 that during Operation Allies Refuge landed in Kabul without normal runway lighting

A skinny person can find some space inside the wheel well of a C-17 cargo aircraft but would die within minutes from takeoff. Here’s why.

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

A skinny person can find some space inside the wheel well of a C-17 cargo aircraft but would die within minutes from takeoff. Here’s why.

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USAF investigating Afghan deaths, human remains discovered in wheel well of C-17 that took off from Kabul

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF investigating Afghan deaths, human remains discovered in wheel well of C-17 that took off from Kabul

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