On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:36 pm

On this date in 1965 the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II flew for the first time. The Luftwaffe almost flew them...
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:38 pm

Happy 70th birthday to the Sea Vixen.
On this date in 1951 the de Havilland Sea Vixen flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:25 pm

On this date in 1964 the BAC TSR.2 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:30 pm

On this date in 1954 the North American F-100 Super Sabre entered service with the 479th Fighter Wing, US Air Force.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:57 am

On This Day In Aviation History

1934 - First flight of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian for sparrowhawk) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Ma ... _Sparviero]

1952 - First flight of the Dassault Mystère IV [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Myst%C3%A8re_IV]

1961 - First flight of the Ilyushin Il-38 (NATO reporting name: May) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-38]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:59 am

On this date in 2007 the Kawasaki P-1 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:13 am

On this day in 1948 the Vought F7U Cutlass flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:15 am

On this day in 1954 the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:19 am

On this day in 1964 the Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:20 am

On this day in 1983 the Antonov An-74 (NATO reporting name: Coaler) flew for the first time.

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