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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:57 am

On this date in 1957, Grumman's F11F Tiger entered service with VA-156. https://www.avgeekery.com/ahead-of-its- ... e-only-j…/
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:33 pm

71 years ago today, the Avro Shackleton flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMvzsMa-7E

41 years ago today, the Mirage 4000 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZkXhZgk5GM

33 years ago today, the Yakovlev Yak-141, NATO code-named: "Freestyle", flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WybwlN_UCVI
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:36 am

47 years ago today, the T-43, a militarized version of the Boeing 737 took to the air for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CXuMRcv8YU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:41 am

42 years ago today, the Mirage 2000 made it's maiden flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQq4-Q1kkcw
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:59 pm

On this day 34 years ago, the US Navy's Blue Angels selected the F/A-18 Hornet as their next aircraft of choice. The team would transition from the A-4 Skyhawk to the F/A-18 Hornet at the conclusion of that year.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:15 pm

61 years ago today, the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King made it's maiden flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIy7kNF5meY
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:40 am

14 years ago today, China's L-15 Falcon took to the air for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZAJ6lfIDI
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:26 pm

Good morning Avgeekery Nation! Our eye opener this Friday morning is the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter- first flown on this date in 1977. Sikorsky has built more than 1,000 of these versatile twin-engine rotorcraft.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:41 pm

53 years ago today, the MH-53 Pave Low flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGrEkF5zumU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:49 pm

On this date in 1983, a 767 flew non-stop from Lisbon to Seattle- a new record. https://www.avgeekery.com/back-when-uni ... 0-was-st…/
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