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An off-duty Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot who was a passenger aboard a commercial 737 helped safely land the plane after the captain suffered a heart attack.

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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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In what is sure to be one of the coolest jobs ever, U2 pilots take turns piloting the aircraft then spotting take-offs and landings from the ground. The passenger films from the front seat of a Corvette and then Pontiac G8 as they race alongside the aircraft.  

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In this compelling documentary of World War II Air Corps Capt. Bob Houser, the experiences he penned in a diary about the Pacific fight so many years ago, come to life once again. Buried within the pages of the cracked and worn diary lies an entry chronicling Houser’s thoughts the night before a major bombing […]

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