On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:10 am

43 years ago today:
On this date in 1977 a Boeing 747 SP took off on a polar circumnavigation of the earth.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:46 pm

57 years ago today:
on this date in 1963 the Canadair CL-41 Tutor jet trainer entered service with the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Snowbirds still fly 'em. https://www.avgeekery.com/meet-snowbird ... ite-north/
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:34 am

46 years ago today, the Soko J-22 Orao flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_iS_vtmeE
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:01 pm

68 years ago today:
On this date in 1952 the Saab 32 Lansen flew for the first time.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:55 am

88 years ago today the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThDiQ77Smc
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:59 am

52 years ago today the Aero L-39 Albatros flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVhFuCHvz28
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:19 am

39 years ago today the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTkHu01nVgQ
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:40 pm

#OTD in 1943, 97 aircraft from USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Princeton (CVL-23) conducted a strike on Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, damaging the heavy cruisers Atago, Maya, Mogami, and Takao, the light cruisers Agano and Noshiro, and a destroyer for the loss of 10 aircraft. The Japanese would never again risk heavy ships in the Soloman Islands.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:07 am

75 years ago today:
We've talked about it on the page before, but the arguably worst-named-fighter ever, the Ryan Fireball, made the first carrier landing under jet power #OTD in 1945 after its piston engine failed. The Ryan FR-1 was a mixed-propulsion fighter with a traditional radial engine in the nose, and a jet in the tail. The landing was made by USMC pilot J. C. West aboard the USS Wake Island (CVE-65). Would you have guessed the first jet carrier landing was that early?
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:18 am

85 years ago today the Hawker Hurricane flew for the first time.

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