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Built as a C-130A, later converted to GC-130A. Formerly displayed at the Chanute Air Museum, IL. When this museum closed, the plane was destined for scrapping, but was moved in May 2016 to display at the Museum of Missouri Military History at the Missouri National Guard Ike Skelton Training Center, Jefferson City, Missouri. [34] 51-13730
March 9, 1967 26 0 0 TWA Flight 553: Concord Township: Ohio: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15, Beechcraft Baron: The flight was operating under visual flight rules and experienced a mid-air collision during a descent, with neither aircraft detecting the other in time to avoid a collision. March 5, 1967 38 0 0 Lake Central Flight 527: near Marseilles ...
Airbus in 2006 achieved its second best year ever in its entire 35-year history in terms of the number of orders it received, 824, second only to the previous year. [143] Airbus plans to increase production of A320 airliners to reach 40 per month by 2012, at a time when Boeing is increasing monthly 737 production from 31.5 to 35 per month. [144]
Finally, a 6-month quasi-military academy program, the Lincoln's ChalleNGe Academy, is run for troubled youths, ages 16–18, by the Illinois Army National Guard and the Illinois Air National Guard in other former Chanute AFB facilities. Portions of the base were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Chanute Field Historic ...
Aircraft Image Total No. seats Introduced Retired Remark Refs; Aermacchi MB-326D: 4: 2: 1963: 1967: I-ADIA, I-ADIB, I-ADIC, I-ADIE for training purpose [1] [2]Airbus A300B2-203
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September 20 – Cicero Aviation Field (Chicago, Illinois) – Pilot Howard W. Gill was killed and pilot George Mestach injured when their aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision during a race. [371] September 8 – Gray, Haute-Saône, France – Four spectators were killed and ten injured when an out of control aircraft crashed into a crowd.
January 1 – The United States conducts a 48-hour standdown of air operations over Vietnam for the New Year holiday. [1]January 2 In the biggest air battle to date in the Vietnam War, seven North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") are destroyed by U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom II fighters of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Operation Bolo.