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On this day 84 years ago, the Ju-87 'Stuka' made it's maiden flight.

50 years since the Mi-24 'Hind' made it's maiden flight.

76 years since the first flight of the de Havilland Vampire.



68 years since the first flight of the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar.

On this day 20 years ago, the C-27J Spartan made its maiden flight.

71 years since the first flight of the F7U Cutlass.



65 years since the first flight of the F-101 Voodoo.



55 years since the first flight of the XC-142.



36 years since the first flight of the An-74.

77 years since the P-59 Airacomet's first flight.



72 years since the F-86 Sabre's first flight.

49 years ago today, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the star of the 1986 blockbuster film 'Top Gun' took to the air for the first time.
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Today marks 55 years ago that the SR-71 Blackbird first took to the skies.

84 years since the SB2U Vindicator made it's maiden flight. The Vindicator was known for a squadron's ill-fated mission during the Battle of Midway where only one pilot survived. The survivor was Ensign George Gay.

19 years since the maiden flight of India's newest fighter aircraft known as the Tejas.