On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:49 pm

On this day in 1954 the North American FJ-4 Fury flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:50 pm

On this day in 1974 the Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:29 pm

On this date in 1972 the Airbus A300 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:02 pm

On this date in 1918 Eddie Rickenbacker, while flying a SPAD XIII fighter, shot down a German observation balloon for his 26th and final aerial victory. His 26 victories (22 aircraft and four balloons) made him the top-scoring American ace of World War I.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:33 pm

On this date in 1943 the Budd RB-1/C-93 Conestoga transport flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:36 pm

On this day in 1974 the Soko J-22 Orao flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:38 pm

OTD in 2004, the F-104 Starfighter flew its last operational mission: https://theaviationist.com/.../the-last ... tional.../
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:32 am

On this date in 1956 a US Navy R4D Skytrain became the first aircraft to land at the South Pole. Others followed.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:02 pm

On this date in 1944 a Boeing F-13 Superfortress became the first Allied aircraft to fly over Tokyo since the April 1942 Doolittle Raid when it conducted a photographic reconnaissance mission over Tokyo. This F-13/RB-29 played hide-and-seek for years.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:18 pm

On this date in 1943 the Fifteenth Air Force was born.
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