On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:26 pm

On this date in 1988 NASA resumed Space Shuttle missions when Discovery lifted off for STS-26.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:52 pm

On this day in 1975 the AH-64 Apache flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:17 pm

On this date in 1949 the Berlin Airlift officially ended. Here's our favorite Airlift yarn.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:14 am

On this day in 1942 the Bell P-59 Airacomet flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:16 am

On this day in 1947 the North American F-86 Sabre flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 02, 2021 4:40 pm

On this date in 1946 the Vought XF6U-1 Pirate flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:49 pm

On this date in 1981 President Ronald Reagan restarted the B-1 bomber program by announcing the order of 100 B-1Bs for the USAF.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:46 pm

On this date in 1984 the US Navy awarded McDonnell Douglas a $US 438 million contract to develop the T-45 Goshawk trainer.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:31 pm

On this date in 1951 HS-1, the Navy's first antisubmarine helicopter squadron, was established.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:49 am

On this date in 1967 USAF Major William J. "Pete" Knight set a new airspeed record in a North American X-15, of Mach 6.72 (4,543 miles per hour). Nobody ever flew the X-15 faster.
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