65 years ago today the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) flew for the first time.
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35 years ago today the Short Tucano, a licence-built version of Brazil's Embraer EMB-312 Tucano, flew for the first time.
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30 years ago today an F-15E Strike Eagle scored the type's only air-to-air kill during Operation Desert Storm.
Here's the story of the only air-to-air victory achieved by the F-15E Strike Eagle during Operation Desert Storm, on Feb. 14, 1991, 30 years ago today: https://theaviationist.com/2016/02/14/f ... aqi-mi-24/
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On This Day In Aviation History
1946 - First flight of the Douglas DC-6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-6]
1986 - First flight of the Beechcraft Starship [https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-R]
1994 - First flight of the Eurocopter EC135 (now Airbus Helicopters H135) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135]
1946 - First flight of the Douglas DC-6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-6]
1986 - First flight of the Beechcraft Starship [https://www.facebook.com/avgeekery/post ... &__tn__=-R]
1994 - First flight of the Eurocopter EC135 (now Airbus Helicopters H135) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135]
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89 years ago today the Martin B-10 flew for the first time.
On this date in 1932 the Martin B-10 flew for the first time. The type entered service in June of 1934.
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54 years ago today the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 flew for the first time.
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47 years ago today:
On this date in 1974...https://www.avgeekery.com/the-day-an-ar ... ite-house/
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1939 - First flight of the Martin PBM Mariner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner]
1939 - First flight of the Martin PBM Mariner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner]
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44 years ago today:
Has it really been 44 years already?! It was #OTD in 1977 that the orbiter test vehicle ENTERPRISE (OV-101) took its first flight mated to a specially modified Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The first captive flight took just over two hours and reached a top speed of 287mph. Did you ever get the chance to see a shuttle flying on the SCA?
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On This Day In Aviation History
1957 - First flight of the Bell X-14 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-14]
1987 - First flight of the Boeing E-6 Mercury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury]
2008 - First flight of the Sukhoi Su-35 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35]
1957 - First flight of the Bell X-14 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-14]
1987 - First flight of the Boeing E-6 Mercury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury]
2008 - First flight of the Sukhoi Su-35 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35]
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