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17 years ago, January 15, 2009: US Airways Flight 1549 "Miracle on the Hudson" crash, Airbus A320 hit a flock of large birds and lost both engines on departure from NYC LaGuardia Airport. Pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger & Jeff Skiles became heroes for quick thinking realizing they couldn't glide to an airport, ditched in the Hudson River, the only place in range to avoid buildings. All 150 passengers + 5 crew survived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 #AWE1549 #TDIH #aviation #travel #history #avgeek

US Airways Flight 1549 - Wikipedia

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Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 6

2 years ago, Jan 5, 2024: Alaska Airlines #AS1282 experienced an in-flight blowout of a door plug on climbout from Portland #KPDX. It returned safely to PDX. But the plane has so far never flown again. Alaska made Boeing buy it back, obviously being defective.

I got this picture this afternoon during a bicycle ride. N704AL is parked on the Boeing ramp by the paint hangar. Plastic sheeting still covers where the door plug has not been replaced. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #history #TDIH

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Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 26

21 years ago, December 26, 2004: M9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami killed over 227,000 people. Before that quake, only the Pacific Ocean had #tsunami sensors. Because of that quake, all oceans do now. After videos captured widespread tsunami effects, tsunamis went from obscure to well-known. I'm adding this to the thread from the 20th anniversary last year - scroll up the thread for more info & links. https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/indian-ocean-tsunami-remembered-scientists-reflect-2004-indian-ocean-killed #tsunami2004 #TDIH #history #earthquake #geology

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Dec 24

57 years ago, December 24, 1968: "Earthrise", Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders got a picture of Earth rising above the Moon. It was the first time anyone had seen our world from the Moon. After making the cover of Time Magazine, it became and icon of 20th Century history. Video from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "The Story Behind Apollo 8’s Famous Earthrise Photo" recreates astronauts' views to tell the story. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-story-behind-apollo-8s-famous-earthrise-photo/ #NASA #space #TDIH #Earthrise #history #astronomy #spacegeek

Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 17

"Billy Mitchell: Lessons a Hundred Years Hence" by Air & Space Forces Magazine - 100 years after WWI US Army General Billy Mitchell's court martial over advocacy for strong air power during an era when battleships were still popular, principles he wrote in his book were proven in following years. He didn't water down his message, hoping it would still be relevant 100 years in the future. That day is today and it is still relevant. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/billy-mitchell-lessons-a-hundred-years-hence/ #USAF #military #aviation #history #TDIH

Billy Mitchell: Lessons a Hundred Years Hence

Billy Mitchell’s provocative thoughts and unorthodox methods sought attention for a cause he saw as uniquely American at great personal cost.

Air & Space Forces Magazine

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Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 8

"Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing" by @AssociatedPress - All remaining survivors of the Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack are over 100 years old. This was the first time no survivors could travel for the remembrance. It was inevitable this day would come, with limits of human lifetime. National Park Service recorded & published 800 video interviews from survivors' past visits.🫡 https://apnews.com/article/pearl-harbor-remembrance-survivors-anniversary-3af82c6f72a979412f77cf31023608a7 #WWII #military #history #TDIH

No Pearl Harbor survivors will attend this year's remembrance ceremony in Hawaii

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive. All are centenarians, and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event, scheduled for Sunday. That means no one attending will have firsthand memories of having served during the attack, which killed more than 2,300 troops and catapulted the U.S. into World War II. The development comes as the survivors fade from the scene and their descendants and the public increasingly turn to other ways to learn about the bombing.

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Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Nov 25

After last night's visit to PDX to get pics of the Starlux A350 arrival, I realized it was 54 years since the DB Cooper hijacking. Seattle got most of the attention because much of the story happened on the ground there. But of course, we know the #history that he boarded Northwest 305 at PDX. It all looks different now. But this is where that story started. Some more pics from PDX airport last night. #TDIH #aviation #travel #avgeek

Rasta Oct 17

#OTD, 17 October, 2018, Cannabis became legal across Canada,
#History #TDIH #LegalizeIt
#Cannabis #Canada eh!

Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Oct 13

Controversy of the day: 2nd Monday in October is #ColumbusDay: Oct 12, 1492, Columbus landed in the Americas, but didn't "discover" it. It was already populated for 25,000+ years. That event brought written #history to the Americas, which written history considers significant. Some regions recognize #IndigenousPeoplesDay today, marking the upheaval brought to the native peoples. Today, none of us are ones who caused that. All of us can do a part to show respect and move forward together. #TDIH

Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Oct 4

On this day, October 4, 1927 (98 years ago), sculptor Gutzon Borglum began working on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Construction continued until 1941. Here are pictures I took in 2018 on the way through South Dakota returning from AirVenture at Oshkosh. The crowds were thin because I arrived as the gates opened at 8am. https://nps.gov/moru/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore #TDIH #history