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Antarctic Aviation: “Flight to the South Pole” pt2-2 1968 US Navy

more at scitech.quickfound.net “THE CHALLENGE OF ANTARCTIC FLYING, FROM RADM BYRD S FIRST POLAR FLIGHT TO OPERATION DEEP FREEZE, C-130 HERCULES AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.” US Navy film MN-10489 Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The …

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Antarctic Aviation: “Flight to the South Pole” pt1-2 1968 US Navy

more at scitech.quickfound.net “THE CHALLENGE OF ANTARCTIC FLYING, FROM RADM BYRD S FIRST POLAR FLIGHT TO OPERATION DEEP FREEZE, C-130 HERCULES AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.” US Navy film MN-10489 Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The …

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Fatal Airplane Crashes: “Flight Deck” circa 1950 CAA USWB Pilot Training 14min

more at scitech.quickfound.net Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than …

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X5 Flying wing is that really maiden flight

This is not really the maiden flight. Maiden flights ended with 2 crashes in tall bushes and one final crash directly into that big drink we have. But this is one sturdy bird that took all 3 Crashes with no damage at all. I rescued it from river, LOL check out the footage in this …

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Hudson River Plane Crash Pilot: “…did we make the best choices?” – US Airway Flight 1549 –

Captain Sullenberger said: “People…want good news; they want to feel hopeful again.” Thats the best part about this story; it had a good ending that made you feel hopeful in the goodness of the American people, that we are still what we used to be, a good people and country. Captain Sullenberger says he will …

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