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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:29 am

76 years ago today:
On this date in 1944 the Fairchild C-82 Packet flew for the first time.
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71 years ago today, the Nord Noratlas flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zEIS_YKrd0

27 years ago today:
on this date in 1993 Boeing completed the 1000th 747.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:46 am

76 years ago this month, the Pitts Special, a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts, flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQekJi-V40

5 years ago this month, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master entered service with the Italian Air Force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_G06wqPCKU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:34 pm

74 years ago today:
On this date in 1946 the North American FJ-1 Fury flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 4:07 pm

90 years ago today, the Taylor Cub flew for the first time. It is the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHViJOKS7Uk

86 years ago today, the Gloster Gladiator flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpg2RML3ELA

49 years ago today, the Bede BD-5, series of small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft created by Jim Bede, flew for the first tiime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbDQdxX8zBI
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:13 pm

71 years ago today:
On this date in 1949 the North American AJ Savage carrier-based heavy bomber went into service with the US Navy.
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26 years ago today:
on this date in 1994 the original Airbus Beluga flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:24 pm

78 years ago today:
#OTD in 1942, US Army Air Force aircraft launched their first raid from a new base on Adak island in Alaska which had started construction only 13 days earlier! In the raid, 12 B-24 Liberators, 14 P-38 Lightnings, and 14 P-39 Airacobras attacked Japanese forces at Kiska island, sinking two Japanese ships, damaging three more, and destroying three midget submarines, several buildings, and 12 Japanese floatplane fighters.
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57 years ago today:
on this date in 1963 the Mitsubishi MU-2 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:00 am

29 years ago today, the C-17 Globemaster III flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:45 pm

38 years ago today:
on this date in 1982 McDonnell Douglas delivered their 2000th airliner- a DC-10 for United Airlines.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:50 am

62 years ago today, the North American Sabreliner flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK-Epd51KIU

45 years ago today, the Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) flew for the first time.

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

40 years ago today, the AIDC AT-3 Tzu Chung flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:23 pm

104 years ago today:
on this date in 1916 Manfred von Richtofen scored his first confirmed aerial victory.
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85 years ago today:
On this date in 1935 the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka flew for the first time.
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61 years ago today:
On this date in 1959 the North American X-15 made its first ppwered flight.
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44 years ago today:
On this date in 1976 North American-Rockwell rolled out the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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