On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:25 pm

On this date in 1943 McDonnell won the contract that resulted in the Navy's first jet-powered fighter.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:35 pm

On this date in 1981 Pan American Airlines flew their last 707 flight. It was the end of an era.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:00 am

On this day in 2011 the HAL Tejas flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:29 pm

On this date in 1996 the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:37 pm

On this date in 1989 two VF-32 Swordsmen F-14A Tomcats shot down a pair of Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Floggers over the Gulf of Sidra.


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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:35 pm

70 years ago today:
On this date in 1952 the North American XA2J-1 Super Savage prototype carrier-based nuclear bomber flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:23 pm

On this date in 1936 the Vought SB2U Vindicator flew for the first time. Midway turned out to be the last battle for the Vindicator.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:03 am

On this day in 1916 the Nieuport 11 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:22 pm

On this date in 1964 the Short Belfast airlifter flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:24 pm

On this date in 1949 Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 for its only conventional take off performed during the X-1 program, reaching 23,000 ft in 90 seconds.
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