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2. List of X-15 flights - Wikipedia

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   Twelve pilots flew the X-15 over the course of its career. Scott Crossfield and William Dana flew the X-15 on its first and last free flights, respectively. Joseph Walker set the program's top two altitude records on its 90th and 91st free flights (347,800 and 354,200 feet, respectively), becoming the only pilot to fly past the Kármán line, the 100 kilometer, FAI-recognized boundary of outer ...

3. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport - Wikipedia

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   This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [43] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [44]

4. List of airlines of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Hub airport(s) Notes FitsAir: 8D: EXV: EXPOAVIA: 1997 Colombo BIA; Ratmalana; formerly ExpoAir SriLankan Airlines: UL: ALK: SRILANKAN: 1979 Colombo BIA; formerly Air Lanka and Air Ceylon

5. SriLankan Airlines - Wikipedia

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   An Air Lanka Boeing 747-200B at London Gatwick Airport in 1984 An Air Lanka Lockheed L-1011 TriStar at Zurich Airport in 1998. In 1979, after the removal of airline manager Nimesh Fernando, Sri Lanka's president Jayawardene initially did not interfere after entrusting the airline to Captain Rakitha Wickramanayake and the board of directors consisting of industry officials and managers.

6. FitsAir - Wikipedia

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   FitsAir is a subsidiary of Aberdeen Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, a diversified conglomerate headquartered in Sri Lanka. ExpoAir was the first airline in Sri Lanka to be certified under the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) annex requirements, as well as being the first domestic airline to be certified by the Department of Civil Aviation ...

7. North American X-15 - Wikipedia

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   Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, also known as Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release of the X-15 from NB-52A took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) (45,000 feet) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h). [8]