On This Day In Aviation History

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50 years ago today:

On this date in 1970 Air France placed the first orders for the new Airbus A300 widebody jetliner.

39 years ago today:

on this date in 1981 McDonnell Douglas delivered their 1,000th DC-9 to Swissair.

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63 years ago today, the Lockheed JetStar flew for the first time.



56 years ago today, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HJT-16 Kiran flew for the first time.

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77 years ago today:

On this date in 1943 the United States replaced the short-lived red outline surrounding the national insignia with a similar outline but blue in color.

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75 years ago today:

#OTD in 1945, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster took its first flight. The C-74 hit the drawing board shortly after Pearl Harbor when it became obvious that the military would need a heavy transport that could span the vast distances in the Pacific as well as the Atlantic. Problems with the development of the program led to the first flight actually taking place after the war, though, so ultimately only 14 would be built.

The C-74 was the first aircraft to claim the Globemaster name, but there would be two more. The C-17 serving the Air Force today is the Globemaster III, but do you know which aircraft was the Globemaster II?

14 years ago today, the Boeing 737-900ER flew for the first time.

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80 years ago today:

on this date in 1940 the first production Douglas SBD Dauntless was delivered to the US Navy.

44 years ago today:

The story of Viktor Belenko, a pilot who “stole” a MiG-25 and landed in Japan on Sept. 6, 1976.

The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai, in the east of the country.

When he brought his Mig-25 “Foxbat” to Hakodate he gave the Western intelligence officers the opportunity to give a first close look at one of the most secretive airplanes of those years: a supersonic interceptor featuring a powerful radar, four air-to-air missiles and a top speed above Mach 3...

Read the rest of the story here in this article we published OTD in 2016, for the 40th anniversary:

https://theaviationist.com/…/the-story- ... et-pilot…/

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78 years ago today:

On this date in 1942 the Consolidate B-32 Dominator flew for the first time.

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65 years ago today, the Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) flew for the first time.



55 years ago today, the AH-1 Cobra flew for the first time.



32 years ago today, the F-15 STOL/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) flew for the first time.



23 years ago today, the F-22 Raptor flew for the first time.

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52 years ago today, the SEPECAT Jaguar, an attack aircraft developed jointly by France and Great Britain, flew for the first time.

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93 years ago today:

On this date in 1927 the Cessna company was born.

23 years ago today:

on this date in 1997 the Boeing 777-300ER was rolled out.

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50 years ago this month:

RSAF 140sq 50 year anniversary

The Republic Of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) established its first fighter squadron in September 1970. This month, 140 Squadron “Osprey” celebrates its 50 year anniversary.

Originally equipped with the Hawker Hunter, which it operated for twenty years, the unit was re-equipped with F-16A and B models in 1990. In 2000, they switched to F-16C and F-16D block 52 models. These are operated them from Tengah Air Base in the western part of Singapore. Last month 140sq became a hybrid squadron, flying both the F-16 and the F-15SG Strike Eagle in the aggressor role.