Tag: Today in Aviation History
Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.
Today in Aviation History – Chuck Yeager Becomes Ace In a Day
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 12, 1944, First Lieutenant…
Today in Aviation History – The First Aerial Combat Victory Took Place
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation The first official victory during aerial…
Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The Bell XP-59A Airacomet
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1942, at Muroc…
Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 29, 1954, at Edwards…
Today in Aviation History – Robin Olds’ Final Combat Mission
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 23, 1967, Colonel Robin…
Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The North American Aviation XB-70 Prototype
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first…
This Day in Aviation History – First Tethered Flight of The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300
On September 14 1939 at Stratford, Connecticut, Igor Sikorsky made the first tethered flight of…
This Day in Aviation History – Charles B. DeBellevue Became the USAF Leading Ace of The Vietnam War.
On September 9, 1072, Captain Charles Barbin DeBellevue, United States Air Force, a Weapons System…
This Day in Aviation History – Jimmy Doolittle’s First Transcontinental Crossing
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 4 1922 First Lieutenant James H.…
This Day In Aviation History – Graduation of The First 10 Female Air Force Pilots
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation and by Capt. Kenya Pettway, Air…
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