A Federal court jury found Martin J. McNally guilty of air piracy in the hijacking of an American Airlines 727 jetliner. McNally, an ex-Navy mechanic and gas station attendant, demanded $500,000, which was paid then later recovered in an Indiana farm field. Apparently when he jumped from the jet plane in flight over Peru, Indiana, …
On January 10, 1945, Ozark Air Lines began service around Missouri. The first scheduled flights for Ozark Air Lines shuttled passengers between Springfield and St. Louis, intending to connect underserved communities in the Ozarks. Unfortunately, the first iteration of the airline was short-lived due to political and logistical issues and shuttered two years after launching.
On December 12, 1957, The McDonnell Douglas Voodoo established the speed record for airplanes at 1,207.6 mph.
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