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The Candy Bomber of the Berlin Airlift
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— FROM 1948
An American pilot began wiggling his wings and dropping candy on tiny parachutes to Berlin's children — and an airlift grew wings of its own.
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HANS VON SPAKOVSKY: New Age Of Space Exploration Has Finally Begun – It’s About Time
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— Apr 20, 2026
Watching the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II moonshot deploy its parachutes and glide down to land in the Pacific Ocean gave me the most wonderful feeling of déjà vu. My next feeling was “It’s about time and what…
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Soldier Smashes Through Roof of Home When Parachute Fails to Deploy After Jumping Out of Plane
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— Jul 14, 2021
Just two days after many Americans celebrated their independence, a British soldier came crashing through the roof of a house in Atascadero, California, around 5 p.m. No one had suspected the British were coming to that…
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Plane Falls from Sky, Smashes Into Hay Field – What Was On Board Saved All Passengers
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— May 26, 2024
The passengers who boarded a Cessna on Saturday expected they would use their parachutes — but not quite the way things turned out. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the single-engine Cessna C206 that took…
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Anthropic Launches New ‘Don’t Be Mean To The Clankers’ Policy
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Just 85 Feet from Ground, Former Paratrooper Knew Just What to Do
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— Jul 3, 2022
A former British paratrooper has set the world record for the lowest parachute jump. John Bream made the jump from 85 feet in late June in Horndean, Hampshire, England. The stunt was videoed by the BBC . Bream described…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Four Astronauts Return From Space Station Aboard SpaceX Capsule
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— May 2, 2021
Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. Their return marked the end of…
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REP. KEITH SELF: Here Are My Top Priorities As Chairman Of The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee On Europe
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— Apr 3, 2025
When I stepped out of a C-47 and descended under a parachute into Normandy to celebrate the 80 th anniversary of D-Day, it was a homecoming of sorts. I remember fondly the time I spent stationed in Germany and at NATO…
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102-Year-Old Woman Sets Record As Oldest Skydiver In Britain
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— Aug 26, 2024
Manette Baillie before her jump. Baillie said she was ‘breathless’ after the jump in honor of her birthday and aid of charities. UK PARACHUTING & GOLDSTER VIA SWNS. “> SUFFOLK, England — A 102-year-old woman has…
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TikTok Star Dead, Apparently Made a Fatal Error on First Solo Skydive
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— Sep 3, 2022
It was supposed to be a “fun adventure,” but a skydive ended in tragedy last week for a young woman described as a Canadian beauty queen and social media influencer. Tanya Pardazi, 21, apparently opened her parachute…
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The Conservative Desk
DOJ sues Denver to block unconstitutional curb on federal agents
The Justice Department filed suit October 8 challenging Denver’s mask and ID ordinance as a Supremacy Clause violation that endangers officers and federal operations.
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Military Plane Crashes Into North Texas Neighborhood, Crew Escapes with Parachutes
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— Sep 19, 2021
Two naval pilots were seriously injured Sunday when their training plane crashed in a north Texas community. The crash took place Sunday morning in Lake Worth, just a few miles north of Fort Worth . Although three homes…
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Invasive Spiders That Grow to Size of Child's Hand Expected to Parachute Down Into US This Spring
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— Mar 14, 2022
Almost 50 years after “The Giant Spider Invasion” made its brief, sci-fi mark on American film culture, what one expert expects to be “zillions,” of massive spiders are expected to invade the East Coast. The Joro…
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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin Scorsese
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— VS Battle
The video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.
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