Archive for January, 2014

VIDEO: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Third Powered Flight

Posted on January 14th, 2014 · Posted in Gun Camera Videos

Virgin Galactic produced video of the third powered flight of SpaceShipTwo from the Mojave Air and Space Port on Dec. 10, 2014. The vehicle fired its hybrd motor for 20 seconds, reaching a top speed of Mach 1.4 and an altitude of 71,000 feet. The vehicle is designed to carry..
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Delta retires last DC-9, oldest plane in fleet of the big American airlines

Posted on January 7th, 2014 · Posted in Aviation News

DELTA Air Lines is retiring its last DC-9s, the oldest passenger plane in the fleet of the big US airlines. Delta operated the final passenger flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta on Monday evening. McDonnell Douglas delivered the first DC-9s in 1965, and eventually built 976 of them. The plane was..
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