On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:06 pm

Sure, it was certainly post-WWII, but it's a nearly even split between WWII and today... #OTD in 1984 that the first production Rockwell International B-1B Lancer made its first flight from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. And if you look at the first flight of the prototype B-1, it was closer to WWII than it was to today! Do you know when the very first B-1 flew?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:30 pm

On this date in 1977 the Concorde landed in New York for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:11 pm

On this date in 1948 the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:45 pm

On this date in 1956 the Bell UH-1 Iroquois flew for the first time. Happy birthday Huey!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:24 am

On this day in 1960 the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 am

On this day in 1961 the Bréguet 1150 Atlantic flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:31 pm

On this date in 1947 the jet-powered Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:05 am

On this day in 1955 the Republic F-105 Thunderchief flew for the firs time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:22 pm

On this date in 1939 the Mitsubishi G4M Hamaki (cigar) bomber AKA Betty flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:24 pm

On this date in 1987 the Luftwaffe retired the last of their F-104 Starfighters.
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