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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed May 27, 2020 1:05 am

45 years ago today:
On this date in 1975 Cessna built single-engine aircraft number 100,000.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed May 27, 2020 6:14 am

68 years ago today, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO code-named: Farmer) flew for the first time.


62 years ago today, the mighty F-4 Phantom II, developed by McDonnell Aircraft flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed May 27, 2020 2:14 pm

66 years ago today:
On this date in 1954, Canadair was awarded a contract to build a new maritime patrol aircraft based on the Bristol Britannia. Today you know that aircraft as the CP-107 Argus.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu May 28, 2020 4:47 am

104 years ago today, the Sopwith Triplane flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu May 28, 2020 4:48 am

39 years ago today, the Yakovlev Yak-55 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu May 28, 2020 4:50 am

31 years ago today, the F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo, commonly known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri May 29, 2020 4:39 am

85 years ago today, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat May 30, 2020 4:52 am

72 years ago today, the Martin P5M Marlin, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company of Middle River, Maryland, flew for the first time.


58 years ago today, the Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO code-named: Flagon) flew for the first time.


48 years ago today, the Northrop YA-9 flew for the first time. It eventually lost out to the A-10 Thunderbolt II in the USAF A-X Program.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat May 30, 2020 5:39 pm

62 years ago today, the DC-8, Douglas' first jet-powered transport, flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 31, 2020 5:17 am

20 years ago today, the CH-149 Cormorant, developed jointly by UK's Westland Aircraft and Italy's Agusta, flew for the first time.

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