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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:35 pm

23 years since this prototype helicopter made it's maiden flight.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:56 am

Today marks 104 years that the Nieuport 11 was introduced into service.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 6:23 am

76 years since the first flight of the McDonnell XP-67.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:15 am

37 years since the F/A-18 Hornet first entered service with the US Navy.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:32 pm

76 years since the first flight of the F-80 Shooting Star.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:36 pm

61 years since the first flight of the Argosy built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Om9WhJBiaU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:08 pm

72 years since the first flight of the Lavochkin La-15, a contemporary of the MiG-15.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:10 pm

79 years since the Avro Lancaster made it's first flight.



77 years since the Lockheed Constellation mades it's maiden flight



57 years since the first flight of the Yakolev Yak-36:

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:44 am

71 years since the A-20 Havoc first entered service with the US Army Air Corp.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:28 pm

55 years since the first flight of the Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 V-STOL transport.
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