Chuck Yeager, easily the most famed test pilot in human history, broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 experimental rocket plane. What’s even more amazing is that he did ...

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In 1988, the Soviets launched a new type of spacecraft that had an almost identical appearance to the Space Shuttle belonging to the United States. The Soviets didn’t just copy ...

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The F-117 Nighthawk On July 11, 1986, a military airplane crashed at 2:00 AM in the Sequoia National Forest in California, killing the pilot and causing a 150-acre brush fire. ...

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In 1983, an Israeli Air Force pilot successfully landed an F-15 with only one wing after a mid-air collision, a feat that was thought to be impossible. The pilot, Zivi ...

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The farms between the taxiways and runway Google Earth If you’re flying into Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, you might see something unusual between the taxiways. In the middle of the ...

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A View of the 1968 Proposed Everglades Jetport Google Earth It was an airport that was supposed to be five times the size of New York’s John F. Kennedy International ...

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Dppowell/Wikimedia In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the United States Department of Commerce constructed concrete arrows on the ground across the U.S. to provide a navigation guide for the ...

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If you’re ever flying out of McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas, take a look at some of the planes flying out with you. You may spot one that looks ...

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When you go through airport security, you have to put any items you’re carrying or in your pockets in a round bucket. After it goes through the x-ray machine, you ...

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