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#OTD in 1946, at Pinecastle Army Airfield in central Florida, Bell Aircraft Test Pilot Jack Woolams made the first unpowered glide flight of the XS-1 supersonic research rocketplane, S/N 46-062. The XS-1 would go on to become the X-1; 46-062 would go on to become Glamorous Glennis and break the sound barrier with Chuck Yeager at the controls; and Pinecastle Army Airfield would go on to become what?

On this date in 1953 the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) called their first-ever meeting to order. Home builders like John G Walton II are the raison d'etre for the EAA.

On this date in 1958 the F-104 Starfighter entered service with the US Air Force. This Belgian pilot opened eyes a few years later.

#OTD in 1946, Col. William Councill, U.S. Army Air Forces, Flew a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star from Long Beach, CA, to New York, NY in a record-breaking 4 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds. His average speed was 584.82mph.

On this date in 1959 the Convair 880 jetliner flew for the first time.

On this date in 2002 Boeing’s 737 reached 100 million flight hours. The 737 was launched in 1965.