Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine the German Luftwaffe without its most famous bomber - Junkers Ju-87. But on August 15th, 1939, just two weeks before the outbreak of World War Two, an event took place that cast serious doubts about the feasibility of using Ju-87 Stukas in a major combat role. The accident became known as the "Neuhammer Stuka Disaster" (Neuhammer Stuka-Unglück).
2021-08-22 17:20:46 +0000 UTC
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The story of Pan American Airways Boeing-314 "Pacific Clipper", which made an unplanned flight around the world following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
2021-08-07 13:48:08 +0000 UTC
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On May 22nd 1957, while flying from El Paso, Texas to Albuquerque New Mexico, a B-36 bomber from the 334th bomb squadron accidentally dropped one of the most powerful hydrogen bombs that ever existed.
It's hard to imagine that words like "funny" or "amusing" could possibly be used to describe the “Broken Arrow” accidents (those that involve nuclear weapons). But the 1957 H-Bomb Accident in New Mexico is the rarest exception to this rule.
2021-06-23 13:34:45 +0000 UTC
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History and aviation. If these two words mean something to you, then you are in the right place.
Here, you will find AMAZING STORIES about famous airplanes, HISTORICAL EVENTS, or EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE that have changed the world of aviation or turned out to be unfairly forgotten. The stories that I tell may sound so incredible that you might think they are taken from Hollywood scripts, but they all TRULY happened.
Most of the described events are quite old and more suited to paper ...
2021-05-27 01:42:01 +0000 UTC
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