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

November 1, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1, 1954, the United States Air Force begins to retire the Boeing B-29 Superfortress from service. In the above photograph, B-29A-20-BN 42-94012 is at […]

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

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by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 2003, at 4:05 p.m. BST, the final commercial flight of the British Airways Concorde came to an end with the landing of G-BOAG […]

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

October 24, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 1953, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Richard Lowe Johnson, Chief Test Pilot for the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, took […]

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

October 21, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21, 1947, at Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California, Northrop Corporation Chief Test Pilot Max R. Stanley took off in the first YB-49, 42-102367, and flew […]

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Learjet

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by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 7, 1963,  the first of two Learjet 23 prototypes, made its first flight at Wichita, Kansas, with test pilots Henry Grady (“Hank”) Beaird, Jr., […]

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation XP-86

October 1, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1947, after three years of development in which 801,386 engineering hours and 340,594 drafting hours had been expended, the first prototype North American […]

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

September 29, 2022 WarbirdsNews 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 […]

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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YC-130 Hercules

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Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Lockheed YC-130’s maiden flight. While some may not consider the mighty Hercules a ‘warbird’ yet (the type is still in production and operating in large numbers with air […]

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Today in Aviation History: 1,000th F-4 Phantom Delivered

July 7, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

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 […]

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Today in Aviation History: Last Operational Douglas C-47 Skytrain Was Retired

June 30, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

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 […]

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