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The Melbourne–Voyager collision, also known as the Melbourne–Voyager incident or simply the Voyager incident, was a collision between two warships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager. On the evening of 10 February 1964, the two ships were performing manoeuvres off Jervis Bay.
The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.The flight took off from Edwards Air Force Base's 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway in the Mojave Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later on December 23, setting a flight endurance record.
On 9 March 2007, a Transaviaexport Ilyushin Il-76TD, registration EW-78826, that was about to complete an Entebbe–Mogadishu flight carrying Ugandan peacekeepers and equipment, [2] [3] made a successful emergency landing at Mogadishu International Airport after having been struck by a rocket propelled grenade and catching fire on approach to the airport of destination. [4]
Video shared by BNO news captured the plane, later identified as Voepass Flight 2283, "free falling" before crashing on the ground in Vinhedo, Brazil, and becoming engulfed in flames. One ...
The plane arrived at the gate at 8:16 p.m., according to the online site. A Republic Airways plane approaches the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia ...
A Spirit Airlines plane was hit by several bullets as it tried to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Monday. A flight attendant was grazed by a round during the shooting ...
Voyager was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney, New South Wales on 10 October 1949. [3] She was launched on 1 May 1952 by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the prime minister. [3] Voyager was commissioned on 12 February 1957—she was the first ship of the RAN commissioned as 'Her' Majesty's Australian Ship.
Striking video shows the moment a British Airways plane was hit by lightning while sitting at a gate at a Brazilian airport on ... The 25 best cheap or free things to do in New Orleans. Lighter Side.