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Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:28 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On This Month In Aviation History
1962 - CF-104 Starfighter entered service with Royal Canadian Air Force
1973 - Deliveries of F-104 Starfighters to Germany ended
1983 - First B-1B Lancer began flight testing [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_ ... 1B_program]
1993 - Last F-104 Starfighters were withdrawn from service with the Hellenic Air Force
1997 - Deliveries of F/A-18D Hornets to Royal Malaysian Air Force initiated [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell ... t#Malaysia]
2011 - British Aerospace Harrier II (GR9) retired from service with the Royal Air Force
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:15 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On This Day In Aviation History
1954 - First flight of the Hispano Aviación HA-1112 [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_A ... 3n_HA-1112]
1960 - First flight of the Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO reporting name: Cookpot) [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-124]
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:27 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
40 years ago today:
On this date in 1981 British Airways flew their last Vickers VC-10 flight.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:52 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
10 years ago today:
On this date in 2001 the Boeing X-32B flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:25 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
84 years ago today:
On this date in 1937 the CAC Wirraway trainer, a license-built version of the North American NA-16, flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:21 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On This Day In Aviation History
1939 - First flight of the Miles Master [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Master]
1946 - First flight of the Percival Prentice [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Prentice]
1994 - Retirement of the Blackburn Buccaneer from RAF Service [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn ... ir_Force_2]
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:28 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1921 the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed.
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/h ... -air-force
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:22 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
31 years ago today:
On this date in 1990 the Robinson R44 helicopter flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:28 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1935 the North American T-6 Texan flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:40 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
On this day in 1939 the Mitsubishi A6M Zero flew for the first time.