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FAA ATC recalls when a Tu-95 passed 1000 feet above a DC-8 flying over the Atlantic. The DC-8 pilot reported hearing the Bear passing by.

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

FAA ATC recalls DC-8 pilot reporting hearing Tu-95 passing by after Bear passed 1,000 feet above his DC-8

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