Tag: Today in Aviation History

Aviation Historical anniversaries. What happened today in aviation from 1903 untill 2013.

Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Grumman S-2 Tracker

Despite their new peacetime role being different than their intended one, it…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

From its beginnings as a US military trainer, the T-34 expanded its…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On February 17,…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Boeing 747

On February 9, 1969, at 11:34 a.m., Boeing Chief Test Pilot Jack…

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Today in Aviation History: USAF Begins to Retire the B-29 Superfortress

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1,…

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This Day in Aviation History: Final Commercial Flight of The British Airways Concorde

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24,…

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This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YF-102 Delta Dagger

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24,…

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This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YB-49

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21,…

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Learjet

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7,…

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