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

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: First Flight of The Lockheed YF-12A Interceptor

On August 7, 1963, the first Lockheed YF-12A interceptor, sn/ 60-6934, took off from a…

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Today In Aviation History: First flight, Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On July 8, 1947, the Boeing…

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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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Today in Aviation History: Last Operational Douglas C-47 Skytrain Was Retired

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 30, 1975, the last…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Grumman F6F Hellcat

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 26, 1942, the Grumman…

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Today in Aviation History: Tora! Tora! Tora! First Airshow Appearance

On  June 25, 1972, the back then CAF Tora! Tora! Tora! demo team debuted for…

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Today in Aviation History: The first Production F4U-1 Corsair Made Its First Flight

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 24, 1942, the first…

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