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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:14 pm

77 years ago today the McDonnell XP-67 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:21 am

79 years ago today the Supermarine Seafire, a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire, flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:14 am

77 years ago today the Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star, America's first operational jet fighter, flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:18 am

73 years ago today the Lavochkin La-15 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:19 am

On this day in aviation history:

1959 - First flight of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:39 am

On this day in aviation history:

1941 - First flight of the Avro Lancaster

1963 - First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-36 (NATO reporting name: Freehand)
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:42 pm

78 years ago today the Lockheed Constellation flew for the first time.
It was #OTD in 1943 that the Lockheed Constellation made its first flight. The Constellation series was the first pressurized-cabin civil airliner series to go into widespread use, enabling large numbers of commercial passengers to fly well above most bad weather for the first time. Three Connies even served as the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Pictured here is the military version of the Connie... do you know its designation?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:06 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1990 - First flight of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:17 am

74 years ago today the McDonnell F2H Banshee flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:24 am

10 years ago today the Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" flew for the first time.

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