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[iloveahangar]

The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge with some amazing company. 🤙😎 Seven RAAF Mirgaes fly in formation with an RAF Vulcan over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. 1971. What an amazing sight that would be 😳😊 🌎 www.iloveahangar.com #aircraft #airforce #airshow #avgeek #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationgeek #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #aviationphotos #avnerd #dassault #instaaviation #militaryaviation #militaryaviationphotography #raaf #dassaultmirage #pilot #planepics #aviationtrivia #raf #avrovulcan https://www.instagram.com/p/CJswTGMBSvd/?igshid=11arbvnyms88b

[aviationschool]

✈️✨ Unlocking the secrets of the skies: Latitude and Longitude, the dynamic duo of aviation navigation! 🌐 Did you know, on a sectional chart, 1 degree equals 60 minutes? That's the key to pinpointing your location in the vastness of the sky. 🗺️✈️ #AviationTrivia #LatitudeLongitude #avelflightschool

[globalair]

Today's #wcw is this wonderful woman Raymonde de Laroche! Raymonde de Laroche was the first woman in the world to earn a #pilot license. She was awarded license number 36 by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, on March 8th, 1910. Competing in the Coupe Femina, she won the 1913 award with a flight of over 4 hours. She set two world records in 1919 for longest flight by a woman, with a distance of 201 miles, and for reaching an altitude of 15,700 feet. On July 18th, 1919, she was killed while flying in an experimental airplane when it crashed while trying to land. #womeninaviation #womancrushwednesday #inspiration #aviationtrivia #aviationfun #aviationhistory #pilots