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Kara S. Hultgreen [1] (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.
In the actions at Kure, F4U-1D Corsairs of VBF94 flying off Lexington, sank the hybrid battleship/aircraft carrier Ise. Flying against heavy enemy fire, squadron commander Lester Wall Jr. dropped a 1000lb bomb down her stack, exploding her boilers and breaking her keel in a conflagration matching that of the destruction of the USS Arizona at ...
Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles.
Spanning 1,092 feet long — three times the length of a football field — Nimitz-class warships are the largest aircraft carriers. 21 photos that show just how imposing US aircraft carriers are ...
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The pictures demonstrate the amazing visual effects that occur as military aircraft punch through the sound barrier and travel faster than sound itself. 11 photos of America's fighter jets ...
An air traffic controller works approach control in Carrier Air Traffic Control Center aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in 2006 The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln held a fast cruise from the pier from 23 to 25 June and left Puget Sound on 26 June to conduct sea trials before returning to her homeport of Naval ...
Hanna Reitsch of Germany is the first person to fly a helicopter inside of a building. She flew a Focke-Achgelis Fa-61 inside of the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. [89] Berta Servián de Flores becomes the first Paraguayan woman to earn a pilot's license. [90] Aline Rhonie becomes the first American to earn an Irish commercial pilot's license. [76]