On This Day In Aviation History

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62 years since the F-104 Starfighter entered service with the US Air Force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SxGs5An1oA

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69 years today since the English Electric Canberra became the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean unrefueled.

Good morning Avgeekery Nation! Our eye opener this Friday morning is the English Electric Canberra. On this date in 1951, a Canberra became the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic unrefueled, taking four hours and 37 minutes to do the deed.

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86 years ago today, the Lockheed Model 10 Electra took to the air for the first time. The plane would gain notoriety for being the aircraft used on Amelia Earhart's ill-fated flight around the world in July of 1937 which to this day an unsolved mystery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAaVh6RcEDQ

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69 years ago today, the Dassault MD.452 Mystère took to the air for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlbuc06dcs

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57 years since the first flight of the Transall C-160.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7B4VMy5M8

55 years since the first flight of the Douglas DC-9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6HiABJvEo

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36 years since the retirement of the F-105 Thunderchief, commonly known as the Thud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2M-eOgQ2U

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83 years since the first flight of the Fiat G.50, Italy's first single-seat, all-metal monoplane.

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

49 years since the first flight of the MFI-15 Safari, built by SAAB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZY8XcXwwUY

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71 years ago today, a B-50 Superfortress called "Lucky Lady II" became the first airplane to fly non-stop around the world.

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On this day 41 years ago, the production run of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk came to an end.

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57 years ago today, the OH-6 Cayuse flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abNqiPFqT74