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Skydiving from the Edge Of Space 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
In the late 50's and early 60's Joseph Kittinger participated in a number of record breaking jumps from the edge of space, setting records that stand to this day: the highest balloon ascent, highest p...
Dead Hand - Soviet Doomsday Machine 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Dead hand the commonly accepted name for a system developed by the former Soviet Union to allow the country to retaliate against a nation aggressor should a nuclear strike destroy or incapacitate the ...
Hitler's Stealth Fighter 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
In the final months of WWII, a jet powered flying wing made its first test flight from a remote airfield deep inside Nazi Germany. Generations ahead of its time, the Horten 229 had been designed to be...
Blue Peacock - The Chicken-powered Nuke 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Conceived during the Cold War, the seven tonne device was the size of small truck and was designed to be buried or submerged by a British Army retreating from Soviet forces. |Read More|
The Nuclear Powered Bomber 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
In pursuit of what atomic energy might offer the United States Air Forces, in 1944 a program was initiated to produce an operational nuclear powered bomber.|Read More|
British Airways Flight 9 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
24/06/1982 - British Airways Flight 9 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by Mount Galunggung, causing the simultaneous failure of all four engines and plunging the 263 passengers out of the s...
Battle of Britain: Remembering the Czech aces 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
This year marks the 71st anniversary of the "Battle of Britain", when the Royal Air Force successfully defended Britain's shores from Nazi invasion. Among the RAF fighting men were almost ninety Czech...
Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage' 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
A cosmonaut circles the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Soviet official Alexei Kosygin - then a high official of the Soviet Union — who is crying because h...
Operation Skyshield 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Operation Skyshield was a series of three large-scale military exercises conducted in the United States in 1960s designed to test the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) defenses against ...
Undark and the Radium Girls 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
In 1922, a bank teller named Grace Fryer became concerned when her teeth began to loosen and fall out for no discernible reason. Her troubles were compounded when her jaw became swollen and inflamed, ...
