On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:22 pm

On this date in 1964 a US Air Force HH-43F Husky helicopter, based at Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam, conducted the first night rescue by the Air Force’s Air-Sea Rescue Service in Southeast Asia.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:19 pm

On this date in 1947 the Hughes H-4 Hercules, AKA the “Spruce Goose,” with Howard Hughes at the controls, made its first flight, traveling at 135 miles per hour for about a mile over Long beach Harbor.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:26 pm

On this date in 1943 the Grumman F7F Tigercat flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:15 am

On this date in 1952 the first victory in a jet-versus-jet night action took place. when, while flying a Douglas F3D Skyknight, Marine Corps Major William Stratton and Master Sergeant Hans Hoagland shot down a North Korean Yak-15.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:50 pm

On this day in 1968 the Aero L-39 Albatros flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:20 pm

On this date in 1932 the iconic beech Staggerwing flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:31 pm

Happy 40th birthday to the AV-8B Harrier II.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Nov 06, 2021 5:12 pm

On this date in 1935 the Hawker Hurricane flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:13 pm

On this date in 1976 the Dassault Falcon 50 flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:31 pm

On this date in 1950 US Air Force First Lieutenant Russell Brown scored the first aerial victory over a MiG-15 while flying a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star.
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