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Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a regularly scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, to Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. On December 29, 1972, Flight 401 was operated using a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (registration N310EA), which had been delivered to the airline just a few months earlier on ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 July 2024. April Fool's Day hoax Flying Adélie penguins Miracles of Evolution is a BBC film trailer featuring flying penguins made in 2008 as an April Fools' Day hoax. The film was advertised as compelling evidence for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. It was largely set on King George Island, 120 ...
The flight was from Anchorage, Alaska, to Great Falls, Montana. Two hours after its eventual departure, the flight marked its first scheduled check-in over Snag, Yukon , where the pilot reported that the plane was on schedule with no issues to report except for ice on the wings.
Penguins evolved their wing structure to become more efficient underwater at the cost of their efficiency in the air. [ 28 ] The only known species of flightless bird in which wings completely disappeared was the gigantic, herbivorous moa of New Zealand , hunted to extinction by humans by the 15th century.
A microchip led police to a penguin that had been plucked by pranksters from her home at the Dublin Zoo. Zoo officials told the Associated Press that police tracked down Kelli the Humboldt penguin ...
Gus is an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) who made international headlines in 2024 as the first of his species recorded in Australia.Gus's journey of over 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) from Antarctica to Ocean Beach, Western Australia, captured the attention of scientists, wildlife enthusiasts, and the general public.
Upon first approach, Republic Airways Flight 4514 diverts from course, circles around, and lands during a second attempt at Reagan National Airport. Passenger plane forced to abort landing at DC ...
The Gossamer Penguin was a solar-powered experimental aircraft created by Paul MacCready's AeroVironment. [1] MacCready, whose Gossamer Condor in 1977 won the Kremer prize for human-powered flight, told reporters in June, 1980 that "The first solar-powered flight ever made took place on May 18."