On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:48 pm

The Brewster F2A Buffalo made its first flight #OTD in 1937. The prototype XF2A-1 was an all-metal, single-engine monoplane with an enclosed cockpit, retractable landing gear, and an arresting hook. It was designed as a replacement for the Navy’s biplane fighter, the Grumman F3F. Do you know what competing prototype it beat out for the Navy contract?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:25 pm

On this date in 1985 the ATR-42 went into service with launch customer Air Littoral.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:10 pm

On this date in 2004 the Boeing 777 #500 was rolled out. The 777 hit the 500 delivered mark faster than any other twin-aisle airplane in history.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:49 pm

On this day in 1952 the Grumman S-2 Tracker flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:50 pm

On this date in 1912 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was born in
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:03 pm

On this date in 1967 the A-7A Corsair II entered combat for the first time. VA-147 Argonauts SLUFs were operating from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61).
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:54 am

On this date in 1961 a U.S Navy McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II set a sustained altitude record of 66,443.8 feet.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:57 am

On this date in 1945 Fight 19 took off from NAS Fort Lauderdale and disappeared without a trace somewhere in the vicinity of Florida, in what would become known as the "Bermuda Triangle."
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:02 am

On this day in 1960 the PZL TS-11 Iskra flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:21 pm

On this date in 1957 the Lockheed L-188 Electra flew for the first time.
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