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On this date in 1938 the Bristol Beaufort flew for the first time.

On this date in 1933 the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was started up for the first time.

No, it's not a B-17 after Thanksgiving Dinner... though it's a fair bet we're going to make that joke in a month or so.
This is the Boeing XB-15, which made its first flight #OTD in 1937. At the time, it was the most massive American airplane ever built. The aircraft was so big, flight engineers could enter the wing through a crawlway and make minor repairs in flight. It had a range of over 5,000 mi, and at its normal cruising speed of 152mph. It wasn't the fastest plane in the air, but it was the fastest that could carry that much payload that far.
On 6 May 1943, the USAAF converted the only prototype into a transport and gave the aircraft a new designation. Do you know what that was?

On this date in 1937 the Short Sunderland flying boat flew for the first time.

On this date in 1997 the Boeing 777-300 flew for the first time.

ON this date in 1951 the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck entered service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

On this date in 1933 the Grumman F2F, Grumman’s first single-seat, enclosed-cockpit aircraft, flew for the first time.

On this date in 1979 the MD-80 flew for the first time.