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
1Lt Lance LaGrange was KIA while flying F-100 #563122 from the 31st TFW at Tuy HOA AB near Binh Dinh province in Vietnam during an LZ Prep mission. Lance was raised in Maspeth, NY, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York with a BSEE Degree. He also graduated at the top of his USAF […]
Today in History – July 2, 1968 – 1Lt Lance LaGrange KIA when his F-100D #563122 is hit Read More »
1 July 1968 – Capt T.R. Olsen and Photographer A2C Robert Arthur Saucier are hit by ground fire and try to land F-100 56-4002 two miles south of Bien Hoa AB. Olsen is recoverd uninjured but Saucier is KIA. Olsen was serving with the 615th TFS, and Saucier was just out of USAF Motion Picture
The Martin B-10 was the first all-metal monoplane bomber to be regularly used by the United States Army Air Corps, entering service in June 1934.[2] It was also the first mass-produced bomber whose performance was superior to that of the Army’s pursuit aircraft of the time.[3] The B-10 began a revolution in bomber design. Its all-metal monoplane airframe, along with its features of closed cockpits,
Today in History – June 1934 – The Flying Whale begins service Read More »