On this date in 1934 the Fairey Swordfish flew for the first time. Happy birthday Stringbag!
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On this day in 1934:
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On this day in 1970:
On this date in 1970 Apollo 13 made it back to us. Old 66 was there to fish Lovell, Swigert, and Haise out of the Pacific and get them back to the USS Iwo Jima.
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On This Day In Aviation History
1944 - First flight of the Ilyushin Il-10 (NATO reporting name: Beast) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-10]
1944 - First flight of the Ilyushin Il-10 (NATO reporting name: Beast) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-10]
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On this day in 1958:
On this date in 1958 US Navy LCDR George Watkins set a world absolute altitude within the atmosphere record of 76,932 feet in a Grumman F11F-1 Tiger.
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On this day in 1942 the Macchi C.205 Veltro flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1944 the de Havilland Hornet flew for the first time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet
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On this day in 1951 the de Havilland Sea Venom, a Naval variant of Venom, flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1960 the Grumman A-6 Intruder flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1979:
On this date in 1979 the Learjet 55 flew for the first time. Here's how they build 'em.
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On This Day In Aviation History
1938 - First flight of the Tachikawa Ki-36 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-36]
1964 - First flight of the Lockheed L-100 Hercules [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-100_Hercules]
1938 - First flight of the Tachikawa Ki-36 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-36]
1964 - First flight of the Lockheed L-100 Hercules [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-100_Hercules]
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