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Retired airman Ken Fitzgerald was saddened to see people out of their seats and rushing to the gates despite repeated requests by the crew to stay seated.

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Authorities are still investigating what caused the fiery crash, but Brig. Gen. Bradley S. James said there are two large impact areas, about a mile apart.

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The aircraft, which was carrying both personnel and equipment, was headed to El Centro, California, from Cherry Point, North Carolina.

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When he was arrested in 2015, it wasn’t the first time Tairod Pugh had been on the FBI’s radar. A co-worker had reported him 14 years earlier.

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Rainey tried to give Tilson his seat, but the ticket agent said transfers were prohibited. So Rainey gave up his seat and bought another ticket for Tilson.

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Jason Haag and Axel were returning home from the AHA Hero Dog Awards where Axel was honored as the Service Dog of the Year when they were denied a seat.

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When Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud started experiencing technical problems with his plane, he ejected in an attempt to save himself, but subsequently took his own life.

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The 92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran said having the chance to fly her favored Spitfire again made her feel “quite young.”

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An airplane armed with a living payload fish-bombed a remote Utah lake. This method of repopulation is evidently pretty common and is used stock rural lakes around the country. [ Gizmodo ]

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This pilot is flying a 1938 Schulgleiter SG38 glider over Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. There were only 10,000 of these gliders made, and this is the one surviving aircraft. The gliders were built as trainers for the Luftwaffe during WWII, and were therefore easy to control, and easy to repair. They have a maximum speed of 62 […]

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Evan Booth with Terminal Cornucopia posted a YouTube video showing how to build a “FRAGGuccino” frag grenade out of common items that can be found in airport gift shops located past security checkpoints. Booth began his project with one clear question in mind: “Can common items sold in airports after the security screening be used […]

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Nearly half a century after the introduction of the SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed Martin has finally unveiled the record setting spy plane’s successor, the SR-72. The SR-72 will be nearly the same size as the Blackbird, but capable of flying twice as fast, streaking across the sky at a blisteringly fast cruising speed of Mach 6. […]

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