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A Short, Informal History of Tornado Warnings in the USA

Posted on October 21, 2020October 26, 2020 by tcnightowl

While watching the 1996 blockbuster movie Twister recently, I couldn’t help but notice what is supposed to be a tornado warning from 1969 (which, according to IMDB, might in fact actually be a 1970s-era warning from Tulsa TV station KWTV) airing on the TV in the background while the young Jo Harding (Helen Hunt’s character in the…

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A History of Night Flying, Part Three: The Early Jet Age Years (1945-1978)

Posted on October 21, 2020September 8, 2023 by tcnightowl

In case you missed the first two posts in this series, you can find Part I here and Part II here. And without further adieu, here’s Part III in this series about the history of night flying: The early Jet Age years. *Please note: For simplicity’s sake, I’m staying focused on the civilian aircraft industry in this…

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A History of Night Flying, Part Two: The World War II Years (1939-1945)

Posted on October 21, 2020September 8, 2023 by tcnightowl

In case you missed my first blog post about the history of night flying, you can read that here. Now on to part two: Night flying during the World War II years. Regular “red-eye flight” services as we know them now were still not possible during the 1940s due to the lack of availability of night-flying…

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A History of Night Flying, Part One: The Early Years (1910-1941)

Posted on October 21, 2020November 8, 2020 by tcnightowl

  This is the first in a series of blog posts I’d like to share about the history of night flying. This series is by no means a comprehensive or authoritative history of aviation at night, but rather some insights from history about milestones and technological developements in the world of aviation that have made…

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