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THAI’s first female pilot breaks 66-year barrier

  IN A major milestone for Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) a woman pilot will this evening (June 1) fly a commercial flight to Hanoi, Vietnam, thus breaking the stereotype of only hiring male pilots for 66 years in the aviation industry, Naewna newspaper said. The inaugural flight of the national airline’s first female pilot, […]

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Air force trainer crashlands killing one pilot, injuring another

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AIR FORCE trainer plane crashlanded in a Bangkok outlying province today (Apr.29), killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Air force spokesman AM Prapat Sonjaidee said the CT-4E piston-engined, two-seat trainer crashlanded as it was making a landing on an airfield at the air force’s Kampaengsaen Flying Training School […]

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Chadchart launches garbage pilot project in 3 districts 

  BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (Sept. 4) launched a campaign asking people to separate waste into two simple categories and also unveiled a new type of garbage truck as part of a garbage management pilot project in three districts, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. The three districts involved in this project are […]

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Search mission for missing US fighter pilot launched in Lampang

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES government today (Mar. 3) launched a search mission in Lampang for remains of a US fighter/bomber pilot reported missing in action for more than seven decades. The US Air Corps pilot who flew a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter/bomber during World War II was believed to have crashlanded […]

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