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  2. Concorde - Wikipedia

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    Concorde. Concorde ( / ˈkɒŋkɔːrd /) is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France and the UK signed a treaty establishing the development project on 29 November 1962, as the programme cost ...

  3. Air/Space America 88 - Wikipedia

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    Air/Space America 88 was an aviation exposition and airshow held at San Diego, California 's Brown Field in late May of 1988. It was planned to be the western hemisphere's answer to the Paris Air Show and would be held every even year when the PAS was in hiatus. It was a mammoth event that attracted exhibitors from all over the world, including ...

  4. Brown Field Municipal Airport - Wikipedia

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    969. Asphalt. Brown Field Municipal Airport ( IATA: SDM, ICAO: KSDM, FAA LID: SDM) is in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States, 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Downtown San Diego and named in honor of Commander Melville S. Brown, USN, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1936. Its main runway is 7,972 feet (2,430 m ...

  5. André Turcat - Wikipedia

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    Major André Édouard Turcat (23 October 1921 – 4 January 2016) was a French Air Force pilot and test pilot celebrated for flying the first prototype of Concorde for its maiden flight. [1] Turcat was born on 23 October 1921 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) into a family in the automotive industry. He studied at Ecole Polytechnique .

  6. Transcontinental flight - Wikipedia

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    1930 – Frank Hawks flew from San Diego to New York in a towed glider leaving San Diego March 30, 1930, and arriving in New York eight days later. 1932 – First scheduled cross-country through passenger flights (no change of plane). 1933 – Transcontinental passenger flights in as little as 20 hours on the Boeing 247.

  7. 1973 Concorde eclipse flight - Wikipedia

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    On 30 June 1973, the supersonic jet Concorde 001 intercepted the path of a total solar eclipse and followed the path of totality as it crossed Africa. This feat allowed the passengers to experience a total solar eclipse for 74 minutes, the longest-ever total eclipse observation. Five experiments were carried out during the flight, but they have ...

  8. San Diego International Airport - Wikipedia

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    The airport is located three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) northwest of downtown San Diego. It is owned and operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. [6] [7] The airport covers 663 acres (268 ha) of land [6] [8] and is ranked the third busiest airport in California in terms of passenger traffic.

  9. Solar eclipse of June 30, 1973 - Wikipedia

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    A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Saturday, June 30, 1973. [1] A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's ...

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