Category: Heritage

A group of ten American fighter pilots who ferried aircraft to Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 had a reunion in the country last month.

Photo: IDF
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German World War 2 ace Hugo Broch had a chance to fulfill his dream of flying a Spitfire during a recent flight at Biggin Hill in Kent.

F-14D BuNo 164346 was the last Tomcat to trap aboard an aircraft carrier in July 2006. It made its final flight on Sept. 15, 2006 when it was delivered to the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond.

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Hangar 6 at Long Island, New York is once again buzzing with activity as aircraft firm Luminati is now producing parts and components for its solar-powered sailplanes there.

By San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A 7.5km long mass rapid transit line goes into operational today in Singapore. The Tuas West Extension consists of four new stations in the western part of the island and two of these above-ground stations were built along Pioneer road. Before its transformation, this road was designed as a road runway similar to the publicly-acknowledge alternate runway along Lim Chu Kang road.

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