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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:22 am

76 years ago today the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9GYfhQE-qg
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:51 am

75 years ago today the Yakovlev Yak-11 (NATO reporting name: Moose) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2IraXj3h8U
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:56 am

71 years ago today the Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFsyEMFswj0
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:01 am

38 years ago today the Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name: Havoc) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEcYR_CkfQ
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:18 am

64 years ago today the Convair B-58 Hustler, the first operational supersonic jet bomber, flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upEkRR4mCsE
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:22 am

37 years ago today the CN-235, a transport aircraft developed jointly by Spain's CASA and Indonesia's IPTN, flew for the firs time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLKwP-YmFM
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:01 am

68 years ago today the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name: Bear) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdbDyEIOYJI
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:04 am

50 years ago today the Kawasaki C-1 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oHMcDurWNo
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:17 am

88 years ago today:
It was #OTD in 1932 that an early successful airliner and military transport, the DH.84 Dragon, made its first flight. Over 200 of the 6-10 passenger transports were built... do you know by which company?
https://www.facebook.com/CommemorativeA ... &__tn__=-R
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:21 am

11 years ago today the AgustaWestland AW149 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKU4A-k-X8o
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