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When America Successfully Flew a U-2 Spy Plane from an Aircraft Carrier
Carrier trials for the U-2R took place aboard the USS America in 1969. Lockheed test pilot Bill Park said that “the airplane demonstrated good wave-off characteristics, and I felt at the time that ...
How Fast Was The SS United States? A Look At Its Top Speed
When the SS United States was launched in 1952, it was the era of crossing the Atlantic by ship, and people wanted to do it ...