On This Day In Aviation History
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On this day 84 years ago, the Ju-87 'Stuka' made it's maiden flight.
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50 years since the Mi-24 'Hind' made it's maiden flight.
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76 years since the first flight of the de Havilland Vampire.
68 years since the first flight of the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar.
68 years since the first flight of the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar.
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On this day 20 years ago, the C-27J Spartan made its maiden flight.
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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.
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.
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77 years since the P-59 Airacomet's first flight.
72 years since the F-86 Sabre's first flight.
72 years since the F-86 Sabre's first flight.
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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.
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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.
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19 years since the maiden flight of India's newest fighter aircraft known as the Tejas.
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