On This Day In Aviation History
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On This Day In Aviation History
1940 - First flight of the Hawker Typhoon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon]
1950 - First flight of the Percival Provost [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Provost]
1984 - First flight of the Boeing 737 Classic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic]
1940 - First flight of the Hawker Typhoon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon]
1950 - First flight of the Percival Provost [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Provost]
1984 - First flight of the Boeing 737 Classic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic]
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10 years ago today:
80 years ago today:
On this date in 2011 the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off for the last time as STS-133.
80 years ago today:
#OTD in 1941, the Avro Manchester bomber makes its combat debut in a Royal Air Force Bomber Command raid on Brest, France overnight. The Manchester was widely regarded as an operational failure, primarily as a result of its Rolls-Royce Vulture engines which were underdeveloped, underpowered, and unreliable. However, the Manchester was redesigned into a four-engined heavy bomber, powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. Can you name it?
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On This Day In Aviation History
1963 - First flight of the Transall C-160 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transall_C-160]
1965 - First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9]
1963 - First flight of the Transall C-160 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transall_C-160]
1965 - First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9]
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88 years ago today:
It's a milestone in US Navy aircraft carrier operations, as it was #OTD in 1933 that the USS Ranger (CV-4), the US Navy's first ship designed from the outset as an aircraft carrier, is launched. By the time WWII began, Ranger was deemed too slow for use with the Pacific Fleet's carrier task forces against Japan, so the ship spent most of the war in the Atlantic, seeing combat there and provided air support for Operation Torch. In October 1943, she also fought in Operation Leader which involved air attacks on German shipping off Norway. She was one of only three American carriers to survive the US' involvement in WWII from its beginning in 1941, to its end in 1945. Can you name the other two?
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n33d4sp33d_85 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:43 pm 88 years ago today:Saratoga and Enterprise.It's a milestone in US Navy aircraft carrier operations, as it was #OTD in 1933 that the USS Ranger (CV-4), the US Navy's first ship designed from the outset as an aircraft carrier, is launched. By the time WWII began, Ranger was deemed too slow for use with the Pacific Fleet's carrier task forces against Japan, so the ship spent most of the war in the Atlantic, seeing combat there and provided air support for Operation Torch. In October 1943, she also fought in Operation Leader which involved air attacks on German shipping off Norway. She was one of only three American carriers to survive the US' involvement in WWII from its beginning in 1941, to its end in 1945. Can you name the other two?
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On This Day In Aviation History
1937 - First flight of the Fiat G.50 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50]
1971 - First flight of the Saab Safari [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Safari]
1937 - First flight of the Fiat G.50 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50]
1971 - First flight of the Saab Safari [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Safari]
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79 years ago today:
#OTD in 1942, luxurious Boeing Stratoliners are stripped down and impressed into military service as C-75 Stratoliner Transports. Their first flights carry antitank ammunition and medical supplies to British forces in Libya. The Stratoliner was itself based on the B-17C airframe. Can you see the resemblance?
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On this day in 1949:
On this date in 1949 the Lucky Lady II took off on her record-setting flight. https://www.avgeekery.com/against-all-o ... ld-flight/
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On this day in 1979:
On this date in 1979 production of the A-4 Skyhawk came to an end after 26 years and 2,690 jets completed.
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On This Day In Aviation History
1942 - First flight of the Blackburn Firebrand [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Firebrand]
1963 - First flight of the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_OH-6_Cayuse]
1942 - First flight of the Blackburn Firebrand [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Firebrand]
1963 - First flight of the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_OH-6_Cayuse]
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