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Revenge at 4,000 Feet

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Revenge at 4,000 Feet Air Facts Journal The 19th of November, 1973, was cold and rainy at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where I was employed as a 23-year-old copilot with Skyway Airlines. The Skyway Airlines’ Beech 18s flown by the author in this story. By day’s end, 42 “sons of b **s” had been scared off Skyway Airlines for good.

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Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243: Shot Down Over Grozny

Fear of Landing

On the 25th of December 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243, a scheduled passenger flight from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny, Russia, crashed on approach to Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan with 62 passengers and five crew on board. The flight crew requested an NDB approach to Grozny and were cleared for approach to runway 26.