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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:50 pm

69 years ago today:
On this date in 1951 HS-1, the first US Navy antisubmarine helicopter squadron, was established at NAS Key West. The Seahorses flew Piasecki HUP Retrievers then, but they started flying Sea Kings as soon as they could.
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67 years ago today:
On this date in 1953 US Navy LCDR James F Verdin set a world airspeed record of 753 MPH while flying a Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray. This was the first such record for a carrier-based aircraft.
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35 years ago today:
on this date in 1985 the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off for the first time for STS-51J.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:06 pm

74 years ago today:
on this date in 1946 the Boeing B-29B 'Pacusan Dreamboat' set a world nonstop and unrefueled distance record of 9,500 miles on a flight from Honolulu to Cairo, Egypt.
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63 years ago today:
On this date in 1957 the Avro-Canada CF-105 Arrow rolled out of the factory for the first time. The Arrow, a design as gorgeous as it was advanced, became a victim of politics- along with Avro Canada. What a shame.
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14 years ago today:
OTD in 2006 the U.S. Navy’s last Tomcat, F-14D (BuNo 164603) of VF-31 Tomcatters, made its last flight at NAS Oceana:

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:49 pm

77 years ago today:
#OTD in 1943, a two-day raid began on Wake Island by the The Fast Carrier Task Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. At the time, the force of three fleet carriers and three light carriers is the largest force of American carriers ever assembled. Their aircraft make six strikes totaling 738 sorties, destroying 22 of the 34 Japanese aircraft on the island as well as many other structures on Wake.

It is also the first time a U.S. Navy submarine, USS Skate (SS-305), is assigned to support the raid by performing “lifeguard” duties for aviators downed at sea during the strike. The sub rescued four fliers. Submarine “lifeguarding” will become a regular feature of future raids.
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53 years ago today:
on this date in 1967 the Shin-Meiwa US-1A amphibious maritime patrol aircraft flew for the first time
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Oct 06, 2020 4:57 pm

54 years ago today:
on this date in 1966 the Bell OH-58 Kiowa flew for the first time. The Delta was diminutive but deadly. https://www.avgeekery.com/the-army-figu ... -to-arm-…/
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43 years ago today:
On this date in 1977 the prototype MiG-29 flew for the first time
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:08 pm

66 years ago today, the Fairey Delta 2, a British supersonic research aircraft, flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4G_2Z0FnI

64 years ago today, the Bréguet Br. 1050 Alizé, a carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft, flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bA7G_OsZMA

36 years ago today, the Fabrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) IA-63 Pampa, an advanced jet trainer with combat capability, flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 2:21 pm

On this date in 1919:
On this date in 1919 KLM ( Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.) Royal Dutch Airlines was formed.
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On this date in 1963 and 1995:
on this date in 1963 the Learjet 23 flew for the first time. 32 years later the Learjet 45 also flew for the first time on this date.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 2:55 pm

25 years ago today, the Mitsubishi F-2, nicknamed "Viper Zero", flew for the first time.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:19 pm

80 years ago today:
on this date in 1940 No 71 Squadron, Royal Air Force was formed- AKA the Eagle Squadron. The American pilots of the Eagle Squadron flew British Supermarine Spitfires.
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#OTD in 1940, the XF4U-1 Corsair prototype established a speed record of 405 mph, the first time a single-engine American fighter broke the 400 mph “barrier" in level flight, but not the first American airplane to do it at all. Do you know what plane was first across the 400mph line?
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24 years ago today:
On this date in 1996 three B-2 Spirit bombers destroyed 16 targets with 16 guided bombs scattered around a Nellis AFB target range. That'll get your attention!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:30 pm

77 years ago today:
#OTD in 1943, 8th Air Force B-17 bombers raided the Focke Wulf plant at Marienburg, Germany (now Malbork, Poland). This photo is from that very raid
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21 years ago today:
on this date in 1999 the Lockheed SR-71 made its final flight.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:14 pm

97 years ago today:
On this date in 1923 the US Navy's first rigid airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) was christened.
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