On This Day In Aviation History
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On This Day In Aviation History
1993 - First flight of the Fokker 70 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_70]
1993 - First flight of the Fokker 70 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_70]
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On this day in 1943:
On this date in 1943 the Lady vanished.
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On This Day In Aviation History
1940 - First flight of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-1]
1940 - First flight of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-1]
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On this day in 1959 the Aero L-29 Delfin flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1996 the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1976:
On this date in 1976 Howard Hughes passed away at the age of 70.
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On this day in 1968:
On this date in 1968 Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock made a name for himself.
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On this day in 1938 the Bell P-39 Airacobra flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1945:
On this date in 1945 XXI Bomber Command B-29s were escorted to Tokyo and back by Iwo Jima-based VII Fighter Command P-51 Mustangs for the first time.
On this date in 1945 386 Task Force 58 aircraft sank the Japanese battleship Yamato and five escorting ships in the East China Sea. By this time the Helldiver's kinks had (mostly) been worked out.
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On this day in 1943:
On this date in 1943 the Douglas XBTD Destroyer flew for the first time.
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