On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:26 pm

On this date in 1937 the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 02, 2021 4:13 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1937 - First flight of the Grumman F4F Wildcat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat]

1939 - First flight of the Messerschmitt Me 210 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_210]

1947 - First flight of the Hawker Sea Hawk [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk]

1949 - First flight of the de Havilland DH 112 Venom [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Venom]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:15 pm

On this date in 1942 the Hawker Tempest flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:07 pm

On this date in 1998 the Boeing 717 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:15 am

On this date in 1944 Charles Lindbergh flew a Corsair on a strike against the Marshall Islands.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:07 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1953 - First flight of the Pilatus P-3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_P-3]

1982 - First flight of the Beechcraft 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_1900]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 3:20 pm

On this date in 1981 the British Aerospace 146 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:14 pm

On this date in 1981 McDonnell Douglas completed the 1,000th DC-9 jetliner, which was destined for service with Swissair.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:17 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1964 - First flight of the HAL HJT-16 Kiran [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HJT-16_Kiran]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:31 pm

On this date in 1957 the Lockheed Jetstar flew for the first time.
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