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[/caption] On 04 May 1961 Navy balloon pilot Commander Malcolm Ross and flight surgeon Lieutenant Commander Victor Prather (MC) ascended to the world record height of 113,739.9 feet above sea level in...
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Here are videos on our Video Thursday celebrating Naval Aviator and Astronaut Alan Shepard's achievements in space from 05 May 1961 and beyond... Enjoy this look at the past! Of all the achievements...
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[/caption] There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill South Carolinian and naval aviator Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Patrick N. L. Bellinger flew an AH-3...
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[/caption] Naval aviators Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett and Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd flying a Fokker trimotor named Josephine Ford reached the North Pole at 9:03 GCT on 09 May 1926. The polar...
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On 10 May 1962, a Navy Sparrow III launched from a Navy Phantom jet successfully intercepted head-on another Navy missile, a Regulus II, while both were at supersonic speeds in the test range of the...
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[/caption] "Sleep softly my old love, my beauty in the dark, night is a dream we have, as you know as you know..." M. S. Merwin USS Enterprise, CV-6, was commissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on 12...
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[/caption] Did you know that helicopter squadrons were first designated VH plus a mission letter O, N, R (for observation, training or transport) in the early days of rotary flight. On 13 May 1944...
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[/caption] On 16 May 1919, three naval aircraft, NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 launched from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland to attempt the first crossing of the Atlantic by aircraft. The NC (Navy Curtiss) aircraft...
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[/caption] NC-4 had a rough start to the mission after leaving NAS Rockaway on 08 May. First, she had an oil pressure problem and then broke a connecting rod. NC-4 landed off Cape Cod and taxied to...
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[/caption] Have you ever heard of a self-sealing fuel tank? It is one of the amazing technical devices used by Americans to stay alive in the dangerous business of flying, particularly when someone is...
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Today on Video Thursday we'll look at two good aviation events and one bad...First is a new video on the Navy's Blue Angels. Next is...
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Despite aluminum being declared superior to wood by NACA in 1920, only 5% of all aircraft were constructed of all metal by 1930. Aluminum proved a very difficult material for engineers in constructing...
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Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter in his capsule, Aurora 7, was launched on 24 May 1962. A Navy Lieutenant Commander and aviator, he became the second American to orbit the earth. Carpenter's mission...
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[/caption] On 25 May 1929, Lieutenant William G. Tomlinson, United States Navy, took first place in the Curtiss Marine Trophy race held at Naval Air Station Anacostia. He flew the XF7C-1 with an...
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Today's Video Thursday has a Memorial Day theme as we remember those who gave all to keep America Free. On Monday I hope you and your family pause and remember...We have only what we remember and our...
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[/caption] On 27 May 1919, LCDR Read resumed his flight with NC-4 to Europe and took off from the Azores for Portugal. The overall commander of the attempt to cross the Atlantic was LCDR Towers. He...
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[/caption] On 01 June 1915 the United States Navy signed a contract for its first lighter-than-air (LTA) ship with the Connecticut Aircraft Company in New Haven, Connecticut. This first naval airship...
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[/caption] It's Video Thursday and today we'll look at scouts onboard the USS Yorktown. Boy Scouts start as Cub Scouts and our first video is a great trailer put together by scout leader Steve Miller...
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[/caption] On 10 June 1960, seven helicopters from HS-4 flying from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) rescued 53 merchant sailors from the British freighter Shun Lee which had run aground on Pratas Reef (500...