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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:28 pm

On This Month In Aviation History

1962 - CF-104 Starfighter entered service with Royal Canadian Air Force

1973 - Deliveries of F-104 Starfighters to Germany ended

1983 - First B-1B Lancer began flight testing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_ ... 1B_program]

1993 - Last F-104 Starfighters were withdrawn from service with the Hellenic Air Force

1997 - Deliveries of F/A-18D Hornets to Royal Malaysian Air Force initiated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell ... t#Malaysia]

2011 - British Aerospace Harrier II (GR9) retired from service with the Royal Air Force
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:15 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1954 - First flight of the Hispano Aviación HA-1112 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_A ... 3n_HA-1112]

1960 - First flight of the Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO reporting name: Cookpot) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-124]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:27 pm

40 years ago today:
On this date in 1981 British Airways flew their last Vickers VC-10 flight.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:52 pm

10 years ago today:
On this date in 2001 the Boeing X-32B flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:25 pm

84 years ago today:
On this date in 1937 the CAC Wirraway trainer, a license-built version of the North American NA-16, flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:21 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1939 - First flight of the Miles Master [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Master]

1946 - First flight of the Percival Prentice [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Prentice]

1994 - Retirement of the Blackburn Buccaneer from RAF Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn ... ir_Force_2]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:28 pm

On this day in 1921 the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed.
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/h ... -air-force
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:22 pm

31 years ago today:
On this date in 1990 the Robinson R44 helicopter flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:28 am

On this day in 1935 the North American T-6 Texan flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:40 am

On this day in 1939 the Mitsubishi A6M Zero flew for the first time.

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