On This Day In Aviation History

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48 years ago today, the Sukhoi T-4 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm4_wI2odtg

47 years ago today, the Learjet 35 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phaz_yopTxY

42 years ago today, the Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qzDDN9O2tI

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98 years ago today:

Today is the anniversary of one of the oddest-looking aircraft of the period between the wars, the Vickers Victoria, which had its first flight #OTD in 1922. This military transport had an open cockpit at the nose, but a large enclosed fuselage. The Victoria could carry up to 7,000 pounds of fuel and cargo! Not bad for 1922, right? Nearly 100 were built, but we're guessing at least half of you had never heard of it before... are we right?

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68 years ago today:

on this date in 1952 the largest all-metal flying boat ever built, the Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess, flew for the first time.

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57 years ago today:

On this date in 1963 Joe Walker piloted his X-15 to an altitude of 347,768 feet. That's more than 65 miles to you and me. Or 4,173,225 inches!

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72 years ago today, the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmaPnpH7CIg

66 years ago today, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBGxq2xavyQ

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37 years ago today:

On this date in 1983 the Boeing Skyfox flew for the first time.

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43 years ago today, the Learjet 28 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBOgin83IBo

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61 years ago today:

On this date in 1959 Pan American World Airways began flying Boeing 707s on regularly-scheduled flights from the continental United States to the newest state- Hawaii.

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50 years ago today:

on this date in 1970 two USAF Sikorsky HH-53Cs flew non-stop from Eglin AFB in Florida to Da Nang in South Vietnam. The Jolly Green Giants were accompanied by Lockheed HC-130P tankers.

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32 years ago today:

On this date in 1988 construction of the first C-17 Globemaster III commenced at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach.

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25 years ago today, the Airbus A319 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4A7JwyMbSI

17 years ago today, the JF-17 Thunder, a lightweight, multi-role aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC), flew for the first time. The aircraft has two designations. In Pakistan, it is designated JF-17 or Joint Fighter-17. With China, it is designated and named FC-1 Xiaolong ('Fierce Dragon').

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7nxOyFImas

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69 years ago today:

On this date in 1951 US Navy VF-51 F9F-4 Panthers escorted US Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers on a bombing raid over North Korea for the first time.

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45 years ago today, the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 flew for the first time. The YC-15 was McDonnell Douglas' entrant in the US Air Force's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition. Even though both the YC-15 and Boeing's entrant, the YC-14 were never ordered into production due to the cancellation of the AMST program, the YC-15's basic design would be used to form the C-17 Globemaster III.

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16 years ago today, the BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 flew for the first time. It was meant to serve as a replacement for its predecessor, the original Nimrod. However, significant delays caused by cost overruns and contract re-negotiations led to it's cancellation in 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOPX4W5vI2c

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68 years ago today, the Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc333aNcEXY

62 years ago today, the Nanchang CJ-6 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOKO9KeAx8

30 years ago today, the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 flew for the first time. It eventually lost out to what is now known as the F-22 Raptor in the US Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA718zigtzE