On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed May 11, 2022 12:16 am

On this date in 1972 VF-96 Fighting Falcons LT Randy 'Duke' Cunningham and LTJG Willy 'Irish' Driscoll become the first US Navy aces of the Vietnam War when they shot down three Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s in a single day.
On this date in 1986 the Blue Angels announced they would transition from the A-4F Skyhawk to the F/A-18A Hornet.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu May 12, 2022 4:34 am

On this day in 1936 the Messerschmitt Bf 110 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri May 13, 2022 4:08 am

On this day in 1949 the English Electric Canberra flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri May 13, 2022 2:21 pm

On this date in 1940 the Bell XFL Airabonita flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 15, 2022 4:07 am

On this day in 1941 the Gloster E.28/39, Great Britain's first jet-engined aircraft flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 15, 2022 4:14 am

On this day in 1939 the Fairchild PT-19 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 15, 2022 4:17 am

On this day in 1984 the AMX International AMX, a ground-attack aircraft jointly developed by Brazil and Italy flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 15, 2022 5:47 pm

On this date in 1963 astronaut Leory Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper blasted off aboard Mercury-Atlas 9- the final manned space mission of the Mercury program. Gordo completed 22 Earth orbits in Faith 7 before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun May 15, 2022 5:49 pm

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On this day 4 years ago the Saab Sk 37E Viggen (SE-DXO) performed its first post-restoration flight.
37809/SE-DXO was built in 1974 and was delivered to F7 ‘Skaraborgs flygflottilj’ Swedish Air Force on the 24th of February 1974 where it was used as a trainer with a tactical code 61. It was then transferred to F 15 “Hälsinge flygflottilj” where it served until the second half of 1999. In the second half of 1999, the aircraft was converted to an SK37E for electronic countermeasure duties and delivered to F4 ‘Jämtlands Flygflottilj’ at Östersund-Frösön on the 27th of January 2000 coded F4-72 and later to F 21 “Norrbottens flygflottilj”. On the 6th of October 2005, the Viggen was transferred to the Swedish Air Force test unit, also known as Försökscentralen (FC) based at Linköping/Malmen. It perform the last flight with the Försökscentralen on the 26th of June 2007, when it landed at Vårdsberg and was handed over to Saab AB. The aircraft was stored at Såtenäs before the skilled engineers of the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight began the restoration of the aircraft back to an airworthy condition. The Viggen performed its first post-restoration flight on the 15th of May 2018 as SE-DXO from the F 7 Wing at Såtenäs after having been approved by the authorities on the 21st of March 2018. The Viggen is painted in the unique four-colour camouflage as all Viggens were painted from the late 1970s and is operated by the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight on behalf of the owner Saab.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon May 16, 2022 4:29 pm

On this date in 1959 the RCAF Golden Hawks performed their first demonstration at Torbay in Newfoundland.
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