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Test pilot for Convair XFY-1 passed away

Posted on May 20, 2014 by alert5

Test pilot for the Convair XFY-1 VTOL aircraft, J.F. “Skeets” Coleman, has passed away on May 13.

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Eight airmen shot down over Switzerland during WW2 awarded Prisoner of War Medal

Posted on May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 by alert5

Eight U.S. Army Air Force airmen who were shot down and interned in Switzerland during World War Two were awarded the Prisoner of War Medal on Apr. 30.
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Thorneycroft Seaplane Lighter restored

Posted on April 7, 2014 by alert5

One of the world’s first aircraft carrier, a Thorneycroft Seaplane Lighter, has been painstakingly restored and will soon go on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum with a Sopwith Camel mounted on it.

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Tu-95MS up for sale on Ebay

Posted on March 8, 2014March 8, 2014 by alert5

A Tu-95MS idling in Ukraine is up for sale on Ebay for $3 million. The plane has only clocked 454 hours and 24 minutes of flight time and was manufactured in 1987.

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World’s first supercarrier to make final voyage

Posted on February 4, 2014 by alert5

USS Forrestal will make its final journey from the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia at 5 a.m. today for dismantling in Texas.

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