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24 January 1961 – Goldsboro Broken Arrow

23 January 2025 Jacek Domański

On 24th January 1961, a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, dropping two Mark 39 nuclear bombs it carried. On that day in January of 1961, the B-52G Stratofortress 58-0187 of […]

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63 years since the NASA Mercury-Redstone 3 mission – the story of America’s first astronaut

15 May 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Tensions, which aroused between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War, led to mutual economic and technological rivalry between both superpowers. Part of their competition was to conquer space by […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

21 October 1961 – first flight of Bréguet Br.1150 Atlantic

21 October 2022 Jacek Domański

On 21st October 1961, prototype of Bréguet 1150 Atlantic, long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), performed its maiden flight. In the late 1950s NATO faced a new threat – an excessive number of modern and efficient […]

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58 years ago the first man flew to space

16 May 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

Back in the 1920’s, Germany began a rapid development of rocket technology, which began to intensify during the Second World War, mainly due to creation of the V2 ballistic missiles. After the end of the […]

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