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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:41 pm

On this date in 1953 USAF LTCOL W. F. Barnes set a world speed record of over 700 miles per hour while flying a North American F-86D Sabre. The guy in this video did nothing of the kind!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:42 pm

On this date in 1948 the Vickers Viscount flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:55 pm

On this date in 1956 the first KC-135 rolled out.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:56 pm

On this date in 2010 the Dreamliner appeared in public for the first time at Farnborough.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:01 pm

On This Day In Aviation History

1936 - First flight of the Caudron C.714 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.714]

1942 - First flight of the Messerschmitt Me 262 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262]

1955 - First flight of the Folland Gnat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folland_Gnat]

1968 - First flight of the Tupolev Tu-142 (NATO reporting name: Bear F/J) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-142]

1970 - First flight of the Aeritalia G.222 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeritalia_G.222]

2002 - First flight of the Boeing YAL-1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:42 am

On this date in 1967 the General Dynamics F-111 was introduced to the world.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:15 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1956 - First flight of the Shenyang J-5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-5]

1965 - First flight of the Soko J-21 Jastreb [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soko_J-21_Jastreb]

2018 - First flight of the Airbus BelugaXL (A330-743L) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga_XL]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:23 pm

On this date in 1943 the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:29 pm

On this date in 1969.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:31 pm

On This Day In Aviation History

1953 - First flight of the Martin B-57 Canberra [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra]
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