Tag: Today in Aviation History

Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Boeing 747

On February 9, 1969, at 11:34 a.m., Boeing Chief Test Pilot Jack Wadell, with Engineering…

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Today in Aviation History: USAF Begins to Retire the B-29 Superfortress

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1, 1954, the United…

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This Day in Aviation History: Final Commercial Flight of The British Airways Concorde

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 2003, at 4:05…

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This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YF-102 Delta Dagger

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 1953, at Edwards…

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This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YB-49

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21, 1947, at Northrop…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Learjet

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7, 1963,  the first…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation XP-86

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1947, after three…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The F-101 Voodoo

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 29, 1954, at Edwards…

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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YC-130 Hercules

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Lockheed YC-130's maiden flight. While some may not…

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Today in Aviation History: 1,000th F-4 Phantom Delivered

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On July 7, 1965, the McDonnell…

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