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These plane crashes have miraculous ends
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These plane crashes have miraculous ends

Photographer Dietmar Eckell spent three years crossing many forests, deserts, or wetlands to search for and record images of aircraft that have been in distress, but hum…

December 16, 2018
The Wright brothers' first flights
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The Wright brothers' first flights

The Wright brothers, including Orville and Wilbur, have pioneered the creation of a flying machine that we call airplanes.

December 16, 2018
The moment the plane pierced the sound barrier
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The moment the plane pierced the sound barrier

The extraordinary phenomenon below happens only in moments when the plane pierces the sound barrier and is like it passes through a wall. This unique image takes place b…

December 15, 2018
The first supersonic aircraft Tu-144
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The first supersonic aircraft Tu-144

The big surprise at the Russian Air Show 2008 was the intact Tupolev Tu-144 passenger supersonic aircraft. This aircraft only produced 16 aircraft and currently only 7 a…

December 15, 2018