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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:37 pm

35 years ago today:
on this date in 1985 the Fairchild T-46 Eaglet jet trainer flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:55 pm

23 years ago today:
On this date in 1997 the Boeing 777-300 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:02 pm

83 years ago today:
#OTD in 1937 the Short Sunderland took its first flight. Receiving continual upgrades throughout its career which included a number of defensive guns, the flying boat eventually received a nickname from the Germans based on the sheer number of gun barrels protruding from her hull. Do you know what it was?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:09 pm

69 years ago:
on this date in 1951 the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck entered service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:14 pm

89 years ago today:
A Curtiss XF9 Sparrowhawk conducted its first successful "hook on" test, successfully docking with the Navy airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), #OTD in 1931.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:22 pm

38 years ago today:
On this date in 1982 the Royal Canadian Air Force flew their last CF-104 to the National Air Force Museum of Canada at CFB Trenton in Ontario.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:27 pm

46 years ago today, the Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:52 pm

41 years ago today:
on this date in 1979 the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jetliner flew for the first time. Happy birthday Mad Dog!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:35 pm

43 years ago today:
on this date in 1977 the Concorde landed at New York's John F Kennedy International airport for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:48 pm

64 years ago today:
Eye opener- on this date in 1956 the prototype Bell XH-40 flew for the first time. Today you know and love this rotorcraft better as the UH-1 Iroquois. There's never been anything else quite like that sound! https://www.avgeekery.com/listen-legend ... ey-start…/
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