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Today in Aviation History – Jimmy Doolittle Wins The Schneider Trophy

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1925, Lieutenant James…

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

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 20, 1956, Bell Aircraft…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Today in Aviation History – Robin Olds’ Final Combat Mission

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 23, 1967, Colonel Robin…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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