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This article is about the mid-20th century North American airline, not to be confused with the late 20th-century Capitol Air Lines. A different "Capital Airlines," formerly Brown Air International, operated in the United Kingdom 1983–1990. It is also the name of a charter and air ambulance service in Kenya. Capital Airlines was an airline serving the eastern United States which was merged into United Airlines in 1961. Its primary hubs were National Airport near Washington, DC and Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburg ...

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• Capital Airlines - Pennsylvania Central Airlines
• Capital Airlines - Capital's last decade

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The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. The Rangers were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was particularly efficient and Los Angeles became known for its violence, gambling and "vice". The first paid force was not created until 1869 when a force of six officers under City Marshal William C. Warren were hired. Warren was shot by one of his officers in 1876 and, to replace h ...

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Only 20 Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. These were: Two prototypes Two pre-production aircraft 16 production aircraft The first two of these did not enter commercial service Of the 14 which flew commercially, 12 were still in service in April 2003 All but two of these aircraft - a remarkably high percentage for any commercial fleet - are preserved. The two which are not are F-BVFD (cn 211), which was withdrawn from service in the 1980s and scrapped in 1994; and F-BTSC (cn 203), which crashed in Paris. See C ...

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Concorde, Concorde - Origins, Concorde - Technological features, Concorde - Scheduled flights, Concorde - Passenger experience, Concorde - Paris crash, Concorde - Withdrawal from service, Concorde - Air France, Concorde - British Airways, Concorde - Aircraft histories, Concorde - Cultural and political impact, Concorde - Dimensions and specifications, Concorde - Trivia, Concorde - Possible replacement, Concorde - Films and Television

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1983 in aviation - January. January 31 - the Ayres Turbo Thrush NEEDS cropduster plane officially joins the United States' "war on drugs". 1983 in aviation - February. February 1 - Boeing announces it will stop producing Boeing 727 airliners. February 9 - British Airways begins Boeing 757 service. 1983 in aviation - March. March 4 and 5 - a Cubana de Aviacion Ilyushin Il-62M strays off course and overf ...

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