Crash of The Valkyrie.
09:26, 8 June 1966. General Electric Aerial Publicity Photo Shoot. Flight Level 320, 17 Miles northeast of Barstow, California. “MIDAIR! MIDAIR!” Air Force T-38 pilot, [read more...]
Crash
47 Years Ago Today: The Fastest Manned Aircraft Flight Ever.
By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. It flew at nearly Mach 7, seven times the speed of sound and twice the speed of a rifle bullet. The speed record it set 47 years ago today still [read more...]
Captain Reid Nannen Memorial Children’s Fund
On the 1st of this month, we reported on the loss of an F/A-18C Hornet during a TOPGUN exercise out in Nevada, 70 miles east NAS Fallon. We were deeply saddened to hear about [read more...]
STS-107
Eleven years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia was tragically lost with all hands on reentry. – Mission Commander Col. Richard “Rick” Husband, USAF, a [read more...]
STS-51-L
On this day in aviation history in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands shortly after liftoff. The 7-strong crew of STS-51-L included: -Mission [read more...]
