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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the North American AJ Savage

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Navy North American AJ-1 Savage (BuNo 122590) in flight over southern California (USA). This was the first production aircraft, and it already crashed and burned near Bedford, Virginia (USA) on 22 June 1950 on a ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (USA).

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Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s

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It flew 70 of the 87 ferry missions, including 46 of the 54 post-mission ferry flights from Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center. Its service ceiling of 45,100 ft also made it an appealing choice for the mission. NASA This SCA was the first and only shuttle carrier used by the space shuttle program until 1990.