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January 13, 2013

C-130 Pilot Reunited With His Airplane In Georgia

He Last Flew It With Hostages Released From The Congo On Board In 1964

The brand new C-130E was having a difficult day in 1964. Flying out of a small airport in the Congo town of Stanleyville carrying 125 hostages that had just been released by Simba rebels in the Congo, the airplane took a lot of fire, and was described as being "riddled with bullet holes." One of those rounds punctured a fuel tank, and it leaked fuel during its entire 800-mile trip to a safe landing.

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Innocon Expands Its Mini UAS Products Line

Offering A Wide Range Of Small Unmanned Aircraft For All Mission Scenarios

Innocon says it has expanded its lightest UAV family, MicroFalcon, with the successful test flights qualification of the Spider sUAS. The MicroFalcon family provides high quality intelligence and surveillance information required for both the civil and HLS markets, as well as for military "over the hill" missions.

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