On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:01 pm

37 years ago today, the Dornier 228 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdWUgSGXUo
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:02 am

30 years ago today:
On this date in 1990, United Airlines took delivery of the 1,832nd Boeing 737- making the 737 the world’s best-selling jetliner. Here's what the early ones were like to fly. https://www.avgeekery.com/pilot-report- ... t-stubby…/
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:01 am

59 years ago today, the Royal Canadian Air Force received its first CF-104 Starfighter.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:18 pm

39 years ago today:
Eye opener: On this date in 1981, British Airways flew the Vickers VC-10 airliner for the last time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:26 pm

66 years ago today, the Hispano Aviación HA-1112 Buchon, a license-built version of the famed Messerschmitt Bf 109 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCNdW_qC6E
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:02 am

78 years ago today:
On this date in 1942, Spitfire production peaked at 134 aircraft built in a single day. https://www.avgeekery.com/engineers-kep ... the-spit…/
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:54 pm

65 years ago today:
Eye opener: On this date in 1955 the first of 25 Lockheed CP-122 (P2V-7) Neptunes went into service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:31 am

85 years ago today, the North American T-6 Texan (AT-6 for USAAF, SNJ for US Navy and Harvard for UK and Canada) flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxCk7e2__qY
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:36 am

81 years ago today, the Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero' flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:07 pm

55 years ago today:
Eye opener: On this date in 1965, the first Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Company (NAMC) YS-11 twin-turboprop airliner entered service with All Nippon Airways in Japan.
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