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UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910-1995

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Marine Harrier demonstrates its hover capabilities

Thomas H. Miller, Jr. and Lieutenant Colonel

Clarence M. Baker flew the aircraft in England. The

Harrier was a further development of the Kestrel,

which in early phases received developmental sup-

port from the United States and West Germany as

well as the United Kingdom.

24 November The Apollo 12 Astronauts, an all-

Naval Aviator crew of Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Charles

Conrad, Jr., and Alan 1. Bean, were recovered by HS-4

off Hornet after circling the moon, and in a lunar mod-

ule, landing there with Conrad and Bean on 19

November for 3112 hours.

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Three of the

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