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 Grumman S-2 Tracker
Despite their new peacetime role being different than their intended one, it is still a…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
From its beginnings as a US military trainer, the T-34 expanded its illustrious career in…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On February 17, 1956, test pilot…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Learjet
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7, 1963, the first…
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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