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In 2001, Taco Bell offered a free taco to every person in the United States if the Mir space station hit a floating target the company placed in the Pacific Ocean. The stunt was a publicity success, but the station missed the target and landed off the coast of Chile, so no one

Thinking about the majors? Go early. Go often. Every day = a seniority number. 📅 Seniority decides: 🛫 Your airplane 🏖️ Your schedule 🏠 Your base 💰 Your lifestyle The pilot hired one day before you always bids first. That’s why seniority is everything. ✈️

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Another Banger of an interview💥💥💥 #SoThereIWas 👇🫡

So there he was, strapped into the Bell XS-1, the world shaking around him as the airframe clawed toward the edge of the unknown. October 10, 1947 — Chuck Yeager hit Mach 0.997, just shy of breaking the sound barrier. The next flight? History. 🔗 chuckyeager.com/history/testin…

Instructor hops out at Jackson: “Okay, this is it.” I circle the pattern while he’s waving like a madman below. 🙌 Thought I screwed up—nope, just my first solo flight. ✈️ Later trained with a new CFI (Darryl Waltrip’s nephew!) who got me ready for my checkride.

Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt — The U.S. Air Force’s first female fighter pilot and later the first woman to command a combat fighter wing. A true trailblazer for women in military aviation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_L…

There’s a runway in Gibraltar that crosses a city street. Every takeoff shuts down traffic like a rock concert. Weirdest runway you’ve landed on?

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Col. Kim “Killer Chick” Campbell — A-10 Warthog pilot who flew her heavily damaged jet back to base after taking intense ground fire over Baghdad in 2003. Pure grit and skill. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campb…

Flying with a Cayman PD officer onboard, scanning the water below. Then—the nose yaws right. No pedal input. Weird. Happens again—harder this time. Governor malfunction. High-side overspeed incoming. Handle it fast—or spin out like a top. 🚁🔥 youtube.com/shorts/UYxXSjJ…

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During WWII, pilots in the Pacific sometimes dropped beer bombs—literally kegs with fins welded on.

So there I was: off Luzon with Task Force 38, smoke trailing from a light carrier. In 1944, USS Princeton was hit by a single D4Y bomb during the Battle of Leyte Gulf; fires and secondary blasts doomed her while rescuers on USS Birmingham suffered heavy losses. One hit can

So there I was—nose pointed at a rock wall. Rescue specialist and systems operator on the skid. Wind shifts. Power drops. I’m out of juice—mid-hoist, in front of a sheer cliff. ⚡