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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:25 am

On this date in 1951 the Hawker Hunter flew for the first time. At least one pilot flew one where no man had flown before.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:27 pm

On this date in 1943 the Curtiss XP-62 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:02 pm

On this date in 1944 Douglas completed the last SBD Dauntless.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:03 pm

On this date in 1961 Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom's Mercury spacecraft (Liberty Bell 7) became the first manned spacecraft to sink at sea.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:30 pm

On this date in 1946 the second prototype McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom made the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42).
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:39 am

100 years ago today:
#OTD in 1921, General Billy Mitchell proved his belief that air power could sink a battleship when his 1st Provisional Air Brigade, flying Martin NBS-1 twin-engine bombers sunk the captured Kaiserliche Marine dreadnought battleship SMS Ostfriesland.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:53 pm

On this date in 1955 the Sud-Aviation Caravelle entered service with Air France
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:15 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1940 - First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-7 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-7]

1955 - First flight of the PZL TS-8 Bies [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_TS-8_Bies]

1988 - First flight of the Mikoyan MiG-29K (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29K]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:29 pm

On this date in 1952 the Fouga CM.170 Magister flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:45 am

On this date in 1969 Apollo 11 returned to Earth. Old 66 was there to fish them out of the Pacific.
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