On this date in 2013 the first catapult launch of an unmanned aircraft (a Northrop-Grumman X47B Air Combat Vehicle drone) took place aboard the carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:08 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
81 years ago today, the Fairchild PT-19 flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:11 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
79 years ago today, the Gloster E28/39, Great Britain's first jet-powered aircraft flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:16 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
36 years ago today, the AMX, a ground-attack aircraft jointly developed by Brazil and Italy flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 4:03 pm
by n33d4sp33d_85
57 years ago today:
On this date in 1963, Major Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. lifted off atop Mercury/Atlas 9 from pad 14 at Cape Canaveral to fly Faith 7 around the globe 22 times. Cooper was the last American astronaut launched alone into space.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:30 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
28 years ago today:
On this date in 1992 the 2000th C-130 Hercules rolled out the doors. Is there anything the Herc can't do?
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 1:53 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
77 years ago today:
On this date in 1943 The Dambusters earned their nickname.
Lockheed P-2 Neptune Turns 75
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 5:22 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
75 years ago today, the Lockheed P-2 or P2V Neptune flew for the first time.
Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:22 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
70 years ago today:
On this date in 1950 the star-crossed Lockheed XF-90 went supersonic for the first time. Oh what might have been!