On This Day In Aviation History

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:27 am

71 years ago today the North American F-86D Sabre (also known as the "Sabre Dog") flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDivw_xoPBM

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:32 am

56 years ago today the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvujY_wXiI

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:36 am

41 years ago today the Socata TB 30 Epsilon flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta3BTT05-tM

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:26 am

79 years ago today the Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota, a military derivative of the DC-3, flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akzccVO4yqs

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:55 am

54 years ago today the Dassault Mirage F1 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSPwOVzLMuo

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:03 am

46 years ago today the Rockwell B-1 Lancer flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRg-4ujXwEQ

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:40 am

83 years ago today the Macchi C.200 Saetta (Italian: Lightning) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM3FP0EOoZA

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:45 am

68 years ago today the Handley Page Victor flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emln37AYD4

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:54 am

38 years ago today the Antonov An-124 Ruslan flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4RS5ajcKPY

n33d4sp33d_85 · Post by **n33d4sp33d_85** » Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:58 am

27 years ago today the Yakovlev Yak-54 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFkOiOUPjw