On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:12 pm

On this date in 1981 Bell delivered their 25,000th helicopter- a 222.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:13 pm

January 18 is a milestone in carrier aviation, for it was #OTD in 1911 that Eugene Ely became the first pilot to land an aircraft on a ship. The feat was achieved in San Francisco Bay when Ely landed his Curtiss-Ely pusher aboard the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) as it lay at anchor. A special flight deck had been constructed on the cruiser, with ropes strung across it and weighted at each end with sandbags to serve as arresting gear.
After landing, Ely and his wife, Mabel, were guests of the Pennsylvania's captain for lunch, and about an hour after he had landed, Ely took off for his return flight to Selfridge Field. Interestingly, Ely lobbied unsuccessfully for the Navy to take him on as an aviator. Instead, he and Mabel traveled the country doing “barnstorming” flight demonstrations. Ely was killed in Macon, Georgia, in October of 1911, when he was unable to pull out of a dive.
Had you heard of Ely's feat aboard the Pennsylvania?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:34 pm

On this date in 1991 Eastern Airlines was dissolved.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:48 pm

On this date in 1973 the US Air Force announced that the Fairchild YA-10 had been selected over the Northrop YA-9 in the A-X flyoff.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:21 am

30 years ago today:
On this date in 1992 the United States Marine Corps retired the F-4 Phantom II from front-line service.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:04 am

On this day in 1946 the Bell X-1 flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:07 am

On this day in 1950 the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:09 am

On this day in 1955 the Grumman C-1 Trader, a carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the S-2 Tracker flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:13 am

On this day in 1956 the Supermarine Scimitar flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:24 pm

On this date in 1960 the Convair CV-580 propliner flew for the first time.
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