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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:30 am

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
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:44 pm

73 years ago today:
On this date in 1947 the US Air Force was born.
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61 years ago today:
on this date in 1959 the Douglas DC-8 entered service with Delta and United.
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58 years ago today:
On 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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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:21 pm

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
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:49 am

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
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Sep 20, 2020 3:01 pm

74 years ago today:
on 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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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:58 pm

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
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:04 pm

69 years ago today:
It 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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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:14 am

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
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:39 pm

46 years ago today:
On this date in 1974 Boeing sold the 1,000th 727- at the time a record for jetliners.
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14 years ago today:
On this date in 2006 the first Boeing EA-18G Growler arrived at NATC Pax River for testing.
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On 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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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:14 am

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
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