American Aviation Historical Society

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  AAHS 70th CELEBRATION EVENT
  
  
  

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  AAHS Journal, Vol 71, No 1
  Spring 2026
  
  Previous AAHS Journals

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  AAHS FLIGHTLINE, 26-03
  May 30, 2026
  
  Previous FLIGHTLINEs

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  Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander
  Photo of the Day
  
  
  

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This Day in History:
July 29, 1955

President Dwight Eisenhower endorses launching a small earth satellite the size of a basketball as a portion of US participation in the International Geophysical Year July 1957 to December 1958. The next day, the Soviet Union announces that it too plans to launch an earth satellite.

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