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by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On July 8, 1947, the Boeing Model 377-10-19 Stratocruiser flew for the first time with Project Test Pilot John Bernard Fornasero. at its controls. Fornasero had […]
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 […]
By William Cobb Director, Pensacola Aerospace Museum Throughout my lifelong fascination with the mighty F-14 Tomcat, I have purchased a score of books about this magnificent aircraft. I am honored to be in touch […]
We have covered a number of commemorative paint schemes on active military aircraft over the years, but it is fair to say that the livery chosen for this Fighting Falcon with the 185th Air Refueling […]
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 […]
By Ron Kaplan I remember in 2018 reading about the effort to form a North-American based squadron of Douglas DC-3/C-47s to fly to Europe to participate the following year in events commemorating the 75th anniversary […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its first flight at Stratford, Connecticut. (Some sources state 25 June.) The […]
During our visit to Sun’ N Fun back in April, we had the opportunity to speak with aircraft restoration expert and pilot John Hess about his rare Beech AT-11 Kansan Tantalizing Takeoff N214CR. The AT-11, as […]
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