On This Day In Aviation History
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62 years since the F-104 Starfighter entered service with the US Air Force.
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69 years today since the English Electric Canberra became the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean unrefueled.
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-RGood morning Avgeekery Nation! Our eye opener this Friday morning is the English Electric Canberra. On this date in 1951, a Canberra became the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic unrefueled, taking four hours and 37 minutes to do the deed.
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86 years ago today, the Lockheed Model 10 Electra took to the air for the first time. The plane would gain notoriety for being the aircraft used on Amelia Earhart's ill-fated flight around the world in July of 1937 which to this day an unsolved mystery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAaVh6RcEDQ
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69 years ago today, the Dassault MD.452 Mystère took to the air for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlbuc06dcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlbuc06dcs
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57 years since the first flight of the Transall C-160.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7B4VMy5M8
55 years since the first flight of the Douglas DC-9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6HiABJvEo
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55 years since the first flight of the Douglas DC-9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6HiABJvEo
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36 years since the retirement of the F-105 Thunderchief, commonly known as the Thud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2M-eOgQ2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2M-eOgQ2U
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83 years since the first flight of the Fiat G.50, Italy's first single-seat, all-metal monoplane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDlmhOJlIIs
49 years since the first flight of the MFI-15 Safari, built by SAAB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZY8XcXwwUY
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49 years since the first flight of the MFI-15 Safari, built by SAAB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZY8XcXwwUY
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71 years ago today, a B-50 Superfortress called "Lucky Lady II" became the first airplane to fly non-stop around the world.
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On this day 41 years ago, the production run of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk came to an end.
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57 years ago today, the OH-6 Cayuse flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abNqiPFqT74
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