Tag: Today in Aviation History
Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.
March 20, 1935 Witnessed The First Flight Of The Grumman F3F
March 20, 1935 witnessed the first flight of the Grumman F3F. This aircraft is significant…
March 19, 1941 Was The Inaugural Date of Tuskegee Airmen
March 19, 1941 was the inaugural date of Tuskegee Airmen (or the 99th Pursuit Squadron):…
March 18th
Colonel General Ernst Udet, German ace pilot, downed his first opponent on this date in…
Amelia Earhart Began An Attempted Global Circumnavigation Flight
Renowned aviator Amelia Earhart began an attempted global circumnavigation flight on March 17, 1937, flying…
Landing Of a Mitsubishi 1MF Fighter Plane On The Carrier Hōshō
March 16, 1923 saw Shunichi Kira’s landing of a Mitsubishi 1MF fighter plane on the…
March 15th 1960 – Introduction: Convair B-58 Hustler
Designed by Robert Widmer for Convair, the B-58 was the first supersonic jet bomber to…
French-American Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery Was Born On This Day In 1885
French-American pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery was born on this day in 1885. He was a…
American Aviator Edward O’Hare Was Born On This Day In 1914
American aviator Edward O’Hare was born on this day in 1914. O’Hare earned his stripes…
The Burgess H
The Burgess Model H (known informally as the “Model H military tractor”) first took to…
The United States Army Air Forces are Reorganized.
It was March 9th 1942 when The United States Army Air Forces were reorganized with…
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