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Today In Aviation History: Operation Bolo

January 2, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

By National Museum of U.S. Air Force Led by Col. Robin Olds, OPERATION BOLO used a brilliant deception tactic that destroyed half of the North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter force, with no USAF losses. In late […]

Convair XB 58 55 0660 touches down on the runway following a test flight. Unattributed

Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The Convair XB-58

November 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 11, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas, Convair’s Chief Test Pilot, Beryl Arthur Erickson, takes the first prototype XB-58, serial number 55-0660, on its first […]

DOOLITTLE James H. Lieutenant USAAS with Curtiss R3C 2 racer 1925

Today in Aviation History – Jimmy Doolittle Wins The Schneider Trophy

October 26, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1925, Lieutenant James Harold Doolittle, Air Service, United States Army, won the Coupe d’Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy) when […]

Bell XH 40 55 4459 with stabilizer bar cowlings and rear doors installed. U.S. Army

Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The Bell Model 204

October 20, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 20, 1956, Bell Aircraft Corporation Chief Pilot Floyd W. Carlson and Chief Experimental Test Pilot Elton J. Smith made the first flight of the […]

1st Lieutenant Charles E. Yeager with “Glamorous Glenn II” at USAAF Station 157 Raydon Suffolk England 17 October 1944.

Today in Aviation History – Chuck Yeager Becomes Ace In a Day

October 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 12, 1944, First Lieutenant Charles Elwood Yeager, Air Corps, Army of the United States (A.U.S.), shot down five Bf 109s in one sortie becoming “ace […]

Today in Aviation History – The First Aerial Combat Victory Took Place

October 5, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation The first official victory during aerial combat between two airplanes took place during World War I on October 5, 1914 over Jonchery-sur-Vesle near Reims, France. A French Voisin […]

Bell XP 59A Airacomet 42 108784 first flight at Muroc Dry Lake 1 October 1942. U.S. Air Force

Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The Bell XP-59A Airacomet

October 1, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1942, at Muroc Dry Lake, in the high desert north of Los Angeles, California, Bell Aircraft Corporation’s Chief Test Pilot, Robert Morris Stanley, […]

McDonnell F 101A 1 MC Voodoo 53 2418 in flight. U.S. Air Force

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

September 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 29, 1954, at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert of southern California, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Robert C. Little made the […]

Today in Aviation History – Robin Olds’ Final Combat Mission

September 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 4

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 23, 1967, Colonel Robin Olds, the Wing Commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Ubon-Rachitani Royal Thai Air Force Base, flew the […]

North American Aviation XB 70A 1 NA Valkyrie 62 0001

Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The North American Aviation XB-70 Prototype

September 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, serial number 62-0001, flown by Chief Test Pilot Alvin S. White and Colonel Joseph […]

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