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Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 4:18 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On This Day In Aviation History

1987 - First flight of the Learjet 31 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learjet_31]

2015 - First flight of the Pilatus PC-24 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-24]

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 3:24 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1969:
On this date in 1969 a Royal Navy F-4 Phantom of 892 Naval Squadron set a new world air speed record between New York and London of 4 hours and 46 minutes.

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 7:09 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1964:
On this date in 1964 Jackie Cochran turned 58 years young. She celebrated by setting a new women's world airspeed record of 1,429 MPH in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 5:14 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On This Day In Aviation History

1936 - First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 110 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110]

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 4:28 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1938:
On this date in 1938 the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned.

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 7:28 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1960:
On this date in 1960 a USAF Lockheed C-130 Hercules dropped a record 35,000 pound parachute load. Is there anything the mighty Herky Bird couldn't do?

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 7:29 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1949:
On this date in 1949 the Berlin Blockade ended. Here's our favorite Airlift yarn.

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:20 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1954:
On this date in 1954 the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak entered service with the United States Air Force.

Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:18 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1949 the English Electric Canberra flew for the first time.


Re: On This Day In Aviation History

Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:54 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1989:
On this date in 1989 the Antonov An-225 Mriya made its first flight carrying the Buran space shuttle.