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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:32 am

On this day in 1935 the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:34 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1915 - First flight of the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air ... ory_B.E.12]

2017 - First flight of the Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_VH-92]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:28 pm

On this date in 1982 the first McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet was delivered to the Canadian Forces Air Command.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:15 pm

On this date in 1958 B-47s of the 305th BW set speed a pair of speed records. One from RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador, to RAF Fairford, England, in 4 hours 14 minutes. The other from Limestone (Loring) AFB in Maine to RAF Fairford in 4 hours 45 minutes.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:36 pm

On this date in 1957...
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:34 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1937 - First flight of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_ ... er_Electra]

1954 - First flight of the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Sa ... .760_Paris]

1963 - First flight of the Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-134]

1985 - First flight of the Kawasaki T-4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_T-4]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:25 am

On this date in 1958 President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating a new federal agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Happy birthday NASA!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:25 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1943 - First flight of the SAAB 21 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAAB_21]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:01 pm

On this date in 1958 the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:22 pm

On this date in 1959 the Northrop N-156F Freedom Fighter flew for the first time.
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