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December 13, 2018

December 12, 1953, Bell X-1A Hits Mach 2.44, A New Record

12 December 1953: On its tenth flight, U.S. Air Force test pilot Major Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1A rocket plane to Mach 2.44 (1,621 miles per

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Apollo 4 Saturn V liftoff

November 9, 2018

Moog hardware provides control for the mighty Saturn V

Image credit: NASA November 9th marks the anniversary of the first launch of the Saturn V, the most powerful rocket ever made and the one that would

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October 26, 2018

Oct 26, 1925, Doolittle wins Schneider Cup in Curtiss R3C-2 Racer

The Curtiss R3C-2 Racer on display at the National Air and Space Museum. (Photo by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

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Curtiss XP-40 first flight

October 15, 2018

14 October 1938: Curtiss-Wright 75P first flight

14 October 1938: At Buffalo, New York, test pilot Everett Edward Elliot made the first flight in the new Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Model 75P, a

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Chuck Yeager and Bell XS-1

October 15, 2018

October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in Bell XS-1

Air Force test pilot Captain Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager flew the Bell XS-1 through “the sound barrier,” something many experts had believed

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September 28, 2018

Sept 28, 1923: Curtiss CR-3 Seaplane Wins the Schneider Cup

Lieutenant David Rittenhouse with Curtiss CR-3 A-6081, 1923. (National Air and Space Museum) Lieutenant David Rittenhouse, United States Navy, won

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September 24, 2018

Doolittle makes first instrument flight in Consolidated airplane

On 24 September 1929, Lieutenant James H. Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Corps, made the first completely blind airplane takeoff flight and landing, solely

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James Hansen book cover

September 24, 2018

Dr. James Hansen, author of First Man, speaks at museum

On Thursday, September 13th, 2018, Dr. James Hansen spoke to an enthusiastic group as he presented “Apollo 11: The Most Dangerous Mission in

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Bell X2 and support team

September 7, 2018

Altitude record set in Bell X-2

On 7 September 1956 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, test pilot Captain Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr., U.S. Air Force, flew the Bell X-2 rocketplane,

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