Tag: Today in Military Aviation History

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 of The XP-38 Lightning

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 27, 1939, First Lieutenant…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed Constellation

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1943, at the…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Avro Lancaster

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1941 test pilot…

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

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 11, 1956, in Fort…

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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 Breaks The Sound Barrier

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 14, 1947, at approximately…

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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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