Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.
On March 30, 1939, the Heinkel He 100 set a world airspeed record of 469.22…
On March 29, 1936, the Vought V-141 prototype fighter made its first flight, marking an…
On March 28, 1931, the Mitsubishi 2MR8 first flew, becoming Japan’s first military aircraft powered…
On March 27, 1975, the de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 first flew, introducing a…
March 26, 1956 marked the first flight of the Temco TT-1 Pinto, a U.S. Navy…
On March 25, 1971, the Ilyushin IL-76 made its first flight, introducing a Soviet-designed strategic…
On March 24, 1918, British ace Captain J. L. Trollope shot down six German aircraft…
On March 23, 1965, NASA launched Gemini III, the first crewed mission of Project Gemini,…
March 22, 1982 marked the first flight of the Valmet PIK-23 Towmaster, a Finnish composite-built…
March 21, 1918 marked the first flight of the Curtiss HA, a U.S. seaplane fighter…
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