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Aug 1, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day August 1 1986 – Flight Of The Navigator Premiered in Theaters.

On this day August 1 1986, Flight Of The Navigator premiered in theaters. This sci fi adventure film told the story of twelve year old David Freeman, who vanished in 1978 and reappeared eight years later without having aged a day. What followed was a mysterious journey that uncovered time travel, a NASA cover up, and a sleek alien spacecraft with a mischievous robotic pilot named Max.

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