On This Day In Aviation History
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107 years ago today, the Avro 504 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WbFvpg2HZc
72 years ago today, the Convair XF-92 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0FTCMBrq6c
20 years ago today, the X-32, Boeing's entry in the Joint Strike Fighter competition, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km8ijFIlKU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WbFvpg2HZc
72 years ago today, the Convair XF-92 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0FTCMBrq6c
20 years ago today, the X-32, Boeing's entry in the Joint Strike Fighter competition, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km8ijFIlKU4
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73 years ago today:
61 years ago today:
58 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 1947 the US Air Force was born.
61 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-Ron this date in 1959 the Douglas DC-8 entered service with Delta and United.
58 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 1962 the revised Tri-Service Designation System made alphabet soup of alphanumerical aircraft designations. A great example of the changes made to the designations was the Douglas A3D/A-3 Skywarrior.
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51 years ago today, the Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name: Hind) flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_8YjNYZJ8o
35 years ago today, the Gulfstream IV flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVwijoZ1Jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_8YjNYZJ8o
35 years ago today, the Gulfstream IV flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVwijoZ1Jo
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77 years ago today, the de Havilland Vampire flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d99QFpcDP2E
69 years ago today, the Grumman F9F-6 Cougar flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7wvrTK61E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d99QFpcDP2E
69 years ago today, the Grumman F9F-6 Cougar flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7wvrTK61E
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74 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-Ron this date in 1946 this Cold Warrior flew for the first time. How much do you know about Martin's Mercator?
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81 years ago today, the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0jXwHE8vHg
78 years ago today, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDzWHLtIb5I
59 years ago today, the Boeing CH-47 Chinook flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzeM50B8hI
36 years ago today, the Dassault Falcon 900 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkITOU4jvaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0jXwHE8vHg
78 years ago today, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDzWHLtIb5I
59 years ago today, the Boeing CH-47 Chinook flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzeM50B8hI
36 years ago today, the Dassault Falcon 900 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkITOU4jvaY
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69 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/CommemorativeA ... &__tn__=-RIt was #OTD in 1951 that the US Marine Corps made the world's first mass combat deployment by helicopter. 228 Marines are landed in 12 Sikorsky HRSs.
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71 years ago today, the C-131 Samaritan flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAVr04WAjw
59 years ago today, the Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name: Hoplite) flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxtdxzpW7dA
46 years ago today, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat entered service with the United States Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-t4jV7xKA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAVr04WAjw
59 years ago today, the Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name: Hoplite) flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxtdxzpW7dA
46 years ago today, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat entered service with the United States Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-t4jV7xKA4
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46 years ago today:
14 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 1974 Boeing sold the 1,000th 727- at the time a record for jetliners.
14 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 2006 the first Boeing EA-18G Growler arrived at NATC Pax River for testing.
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 2006 the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was officially retired after 30 years of sterling service. Their last deployment was the stuff of legend. https://www.avgeekery.com/watch-when-th ... ational-…/
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71 years ago today, the North American T-28 Trojan flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCX2ds8bWc
21 years ago today, the C-27J Spartan flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdTDYPrc9MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCX2ds8bWc
21 years ago today, the C-27J Spartan flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdTDYPrc9MA
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