Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.
On May 14, 1954, Boeing’s revolutionary Dash 80 prototype rolled off the assembly line in…
On this day in aviation history, 76 years ago—May 13, 1949—the English Electric Canberra took…
On this day in aviation history, 61 years ago—May 12, 1964—American pilot Joan Merriam Smith…
On May 11, 1934, the Douglas DC-2 took its first flight, marking a major leap…
On May 10, 1972, the legendary Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II—better known as the Warthog—made…
On this day in aviation history, May 9, 1962, the Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe took to…
On May 8, 1943, the Savoia-Marchetti SM.95, Italy’s large four-engine transport aircraft, made its maiden…
On May 7, 1965, Maj. Howard "Scrappy" Johnson soared into the history books by flying…
On May 6, 1941, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt made its first flight, launching the legacy…
On May 4, 1950, the Northrop YRB-49A—a reconnaissance variant of the experimental YB-49 flying wing—took…
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