On This Day In Aviation History

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On this date in 1985 the Fokker 50 flew for the first time.

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On this date in 1988 the McDonnell Douglas F-15E went into operational service at Seymour Johnson AFB, N. C.

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On this date in 1952 the F9F Cougar entered service with the US navy.

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On this day in 1939 the Consolidated B-24 Liberator flew for the first time.

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On this day in 1948 the Supermarine Swift flew for the first time.

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On this date in 1949 the Lockheed F-94 Starfire interceptor entered service with the US Air Force.

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On this date in 1944 F/L RJ Audet, flying a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 411 (Fighter) Squadron RAF destroyed five enemy fighters near Rheine, Germany in his first combat.

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On this date in 1947 the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 flew for the first time.

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#OTD in 1944, two Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Stars were sent to RAF Burtonwood in Lancashire, England, making the Shooting Star the United States’ first operational jet fighter. Did you know that the US had jet fighters in action during WWII?

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It was #OTD in 1968 when a Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe, the Army version of the civilian S-64 Skycrane, set two Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Records for Time to Altitude: 1 minute, 38.2 seconds to get to 3,000 meters, and 7 minutes, 54 seconds to get to 9,000 meters!