On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:30 pm

On this date in 1946 the massive Lockheed R6O/R6V Constitution flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:30 pm

On this date in 1950 US Navy Lieutenant Commander William T. Amen scored the US Navy's first jet-over-jet victory when he shot down a MiG-15 while flying a Grumman F9F Panther.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:31 pm

On this date in 1944 the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:32 pm

Do you think anyone who watched the American Ship Building Company launch the Seeandbee #OTD in 1912, could have envisioned carrier aviation, let alone the fact that the sidewheeled steamship in front of them would one day become an aircraft carrier?! Do you know which carrier she would become?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:24 pm

On this day in 1982 the Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name "Havoc") flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:25 pm

On this day in 1945 the Yakovlev Yak-11 (NATO reporting name: Moose) flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:26 pm

On this date in 1988 the US Air Force publicly unveiled the Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:02 am

On this day in 1956 the Convair B-58 Hustler flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:30 pm

On this date in 1970 the Kawasaki C-1 airlifter flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Nov 13, 2021 5:34 pm

On this date in 1940 the Handley Page Halifax went into service with No. 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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