Re: On This Day In Aviation History
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:25 am
On this date in 1951 the Hawker Hunter flew for the first time. At least one pilot flew one where no man had flown before.
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On this date in 1951 the Hawker Hunter flew for the first time. At least one pilot flew one where no man had flown before.
On this date in 1943 the Curtiss XP-62 flew for the first time.
On this date in 1944 Douglas completed the last SBD Dauntless.
On this date in 1961 Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom's Mercury spacecraft (Liberty Bell 7) became the first manned spacecraft to sink at sea.
On this date in 1946 the second prototype McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom made the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42).
#OTD in 1921, General Billy Mitchell proved his belief that air power could sink a battleship when his 1st Provisional Air Brigade, flying Martin NBS-1 twin-engine bombers sunk the captured Kaiserliche Marine dreadnought battleship SMS Ostfriesland.
On this date in 1955 the Sud-Aviation Caravelle entered service with Air France
On this date in 1952 the Fouga CM.170 Magister flew for the first time.
On this date in 1969 Apollo 11 returned to Earth. Old 66 was there to fish them out of the Pacific.