On This Day In Aviation History
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57 years ago today, the RB-57F Canberra, a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the B-57 Canberra, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBuWxBApnc0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBuWxBApnc0
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64 years ago today, the Su-9 (NATO code-named: Fishpot) flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0jFe-ASXW0
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76 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-REye opener- on this date in 1944, the Luftwaffe attacked Allied shipping off the coast of France using the Mistel (mistletoe) composite aircraft weapon for the first time.
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74 years ago today, the Northrop YB-35 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCpj5dieGg
73 years ago today, the Boeing B-50 Superfortress, a post-WWII revision of the B-29, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIWjC2yf4E
45 years ago today, the Yakovlev Yak-50 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGSqNuiFQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCpj5dieGg
73 years ago today, the Boeing B-50 Superfortress, a post-WWII revision of the B-29, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIWjC2yf4E
45 years ago today, the Yakovlev Yak-50 flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGSqNuiFQI
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76 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-REye opener- on this date in 1944 the propeller and jet propelled Ryan FR-1 Fireball flew for the first time.
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70 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-ROn this date in 1950 war broke out in Korea. These guys made a huge difference! https://www.avgeekery.com/watch-leather ... air-supp…/
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78 years ago today, the Grumman F6F Hellcat flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUziAyx6hG4
66 years ago today, the Jet Provost, produced by the British Aircraft Corporation, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdF1PfzcHw
37 years ago today, the Ilyushin Il-78 (NATO code-named: Midas), an aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 'Candid', flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tkj4fD8tro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUziAyx6hG4
66 years ago today, the Jet Provost, produced by the British Aircraft Corporation, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdF1PfzcHw
37 years ago today, the Ilyushin Il-78 (NATO code-named: Midas), an aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 'Candid', flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tkj4fD8tro
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46 years ago today:
https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-REye opener- on this date in 1974 the Eurocopter AS 350 Écureuil (Squirrel) flew for the first time.
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72 years ago today marked the beginning of the Berlin Airlift.
https://www.facebook.com/CommemorativeA ... &__tn__=-R#OTD in 1948, the Berlin Airlift began, two days after the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin. Check out Commemorative Air Force That's All, Brother's post for some of the impressive figures from the effort. Do you remember when there were two Berlins and two Germanies? It's been 30 years since reunification, you know.
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84 years ago today, the Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, a smaller version of the Model 10 Electra, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0ifHp6yYM
43 years ago today, the C-101 Aviojet, designed and manufactured by Spanish aircraft company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QX11dl9GMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0ifHp6yYM
43 years ago today, the C-101 Aviojet, designed and manufactured by Spanish aircraft company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QX11dl9GMY
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