15 July 1967 – T.H. Herndon was flying F-100D #563275. Enroute to a target of 150 Vietcong in a treeline, he was hit by 57mm AAA during a climb. He ejected and was recovered by USAF Helo. Herndon was serving with the 531st TFS out of Bien Hoa AB.
Today in History – May 3, 1976 – Pan Am Boeing 747 sets around the world flight record
3 May 1976 – On 1 May 1976 Pan American World Airways’ Boeing 747SP–21 Clipper Liberty Bell, N533PA, departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a record-setting around the world flight which was completed on 3 May 1976. Under the command of Captain Walter H. Mullikan, the airline’s chief pilot, the flight crew