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

August 23, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Lockheed YC-130’s maiden flight. While some may not consider the mighty Hercules a ‘warbird’ yet (the type is still in production and operating in large numbers with air […]

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

July 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On July 7, 1965, the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation delivered the 1,000th production F-4 Phantom II, an F-4B, to the United States Navy. Phantom II MSN 1034 […]

The last operational U.S. Air Force C 47 Skytrain 43 49507 on display at NMUSAF. U.S. Air Force

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

June 30, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 30, 1975, the last operational Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport in service with the United States Air Force, 43-49507, was retired and flown to the […]

Grumman XF6F 1 Hellcat Bu. No. 02981. Northrop Grumman

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

June 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 26, 1942, the Grumman XF6F-1, Bureau of Aeronautics serial number (Bu. No.) 02981, prototype for the Navy and Marine Corps F6F Hellcat fighter, with […]

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

June 25, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 25, 1972, the back then CAF Tora! Tora! Tora! demo team debuted for the first time at the Galveston Texas airshow at Scholes Field (KGLS). Sunday, December 7th, 1941 – the sky was […]

Today in Aviation History – Agello Sets World’s Speed Record

April 10, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

On April, 10 1933 at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica, flew the Macchi-Castoldi M.C. 72, MM 177, the first of five float planes in the series, over a 3-kilometer […]

Bell X 1 46 062 in flight with shock diamonds.

Today in Aviation History – Chuck Yeager Breaks The Sound Barrier

October 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 14, 1947, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a four-engine Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber, piloted by Major Robert L. Cardenas, took off from Muroc Air […]

This Day In Aviation History – Graduation of The First 10 Female Air Force Pilots

September 2, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation and by Capt. Kenya Pettway, Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs UPT Class 77-08 featured the first female officers to graduate in the Air Force […]

Today in Aviation History – The SR-71 Flew New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours

September 1, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James V. Sullivan, USAF, Pilot and Major Noel F. Widdifield, USAF, Reconnaissance Systems Officer, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World […]

Boeing KC 135A Stratotanker 55 3118 City of Renton escorted by the “Dash 8022

Today in Aviation History – The First Production Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker Made Its First Flight

August 31, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On August 31, 1956, the first production Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker, 55-3118, named City of Renton, made its first flight with company test pilots Alvin Melvin (“Tex”) […]

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