On this date in 1951 the Hawker Hunter flew for the first time. At least one pilot flew one where no man had flown before.
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On this date in 1943 the Curtiss XP-62 flew for the first time.
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On this date in 1944 Douglas completed the last SBD Dauntless.
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On this date in 1961 Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom's Mercury spacecraft (Liberty Bell 7) became the first manned spacecraft to sink at sea.
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On this date in 1946 the second prototype McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom made the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42).
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100 years ago today:
#OTD in 1921, General Billy Mitchell proved his belief that air power could sink a battleship when his 1st Provisional Air Brigade, flying Martin NBS-1 twin-engine bombers sunk the captured Kaiserliche Marine dreadnought battleship SMS Ostfriesland.
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On this date in 1955 the Sud-Aviation Caravelle entered service with Air France
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On This Day In Aviation History
1940 - First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-7 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-7]
1955 - First flight of the PZL TS-8 Bies [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_TS-8_Bies]
1988 - First flight of the Mikoyan MiG-29K (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29K]
1940 - First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-7 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-7]
1955 - First flight of the PZL TS-8 Bies [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_TS-8_Bies]
1988 - First flight of the Mikoyan MiG-29K (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29K]
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On this date in 1952 the Fouga CM.170 Magister flew for the first time.
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On this date in 1969 Apollo 11 returned to Earth. Old 66 was there to fish them out of the Pacific.
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