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On This Day In Aviation History
On this blog, V2 Aviation will post interesting facts about dates in aviation history.
Aviation has come a long way since Leonardo da Vinci drew his Vitruvian Man around 1490, now a well-known image in Human Factors. Or what to think about the famous helicopter the "aerial screw" he drew in the late 1480s?
Historical facts from the history books of aviation, you'll find them on this page! A look back, like the background picture.
Just a short read, not more than a couple of minutes of your time.
Come back regularly to learn some interesting aviation facts!
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V2Aviation
Sep 27, 20212 min read
28th of September 1988
The Ilyushin Il-96, the four-engined long haul widebody airliner made its first flight on this day in 1988. Russian Federation Air Force...
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Sep 26, 20212 min read
27th of September 2008
On this day in 2008, a US Air Force helicopter made its last flight. That in itself is not so exceptional, what made this retirement so...
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V2Aviation
Sep 25, 20212 min read
26th of September 1980
The first prototype of the Shanghai Y-10 took the skies for the first time on this day in 1980. The Shanghai Y-10 or Yun-10 was a...
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V2Aviation
Sep 24, 20213 min read
25th of September 1991
The British Aerospace regional turbo-prop Jetstream 41 made its first flight on this day in 1991. The Jetstream 41 prototype The history...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
24th of September 1966
It was on this day that Marina Solovyeva set a speed record for female pilots when she pushed her Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-76 to a speed of...
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V2Aviation
Sep 22, 20212 min read
23rd of September 1913
Charles Lindbergh, Emilia Earhart, Wilbur & Orville Wright, names in aviation history we all heard about. But what about Roland Garros...
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V2Aviation
Sep 21, 20213 min read
22 September 1974 / 2006
Exactly 32 years between two dates; 22 September 1974 saw the introduction of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat into the US Navy 22 September 2006...
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V2Aviation
Sep 20, 20212 min read
21st of September 1984
The Dassault Falcon 900 made its first flight on this day in 1984. The first Dassault Falcon 900, c/n 001, F-GIDE, "Spirit of Lafayette"...
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Sep 19, 20212 min read
20th September 1945
One of the first jets in the world was the Gloster Meteor, it is one of the iconic aircraft built in the WW II era in the United Kingdom....
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V2Aviation
Sep 18, 20213 min read
19th of September 1962
59 years ago on the 19th of September, the great grand father of the modern-day large volume aircraft like the Beluga and Deramlifter...
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V2Aviation
Sep 17, 20212 min read
18 september 1928
After a couple of "recent' historic (first flight) events, we now travel 93 years, back in time. It was on this day in aviation that the...
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V2Aviation
Sep 16, 20212 min read
17th of September 1997
The successor of the Antonov An-24 made its first flight on this day in 1997. The Antonov An-140. The 52 seat passenger aircraft is...
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V2Aviation
Sep 15, 20212 min read
16 september 1958
After yesterday's look at the birth of the Cessna Citation, today we look at another mid-20th-century business jet. It was on this day in...
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V2Aviation
Sep 14, 20212 min read
15th of September 1969
The first aircraft in what would become a long line of business jets made its first flight today in 1969. The Fanjet 500. The Fanjet 500...
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V2Aviation
Sep 13, 20213 min read
14th of September 1963
On this day in aviation history one of the most successful post-war Japanese aircraft made its first flight, the Mitsubishi MU-2. Another...
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Sep 12, 20213 min read
13th of September 2007
One of the (at the time) lightest twin-engined aircraft in the world made its first flight on this day in 2007, the Italian built Tecnam...
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V2Aviation
Sep 11, 20212 min read
12th of September 1929
It was (possibly) on this day in aviation history that the second version of the Boeing Model 80 made its first flight, the model 80A....
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V2Aviation
Sep 10, 20212 min read
11 September 1970
The Britten-Norman Trislander (Previously known as the BN-2A Mk III Trislander) made its first flight on this day in 1970! The aircraft...
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V2Aviation
Sep 9, 20212 min read
10 September 1944
The Fairchild C-82 Packet made its first flight on this day in 1944 The Twin-Boom and Twin -Engined cargo and troop transporter was only...
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Sep 8, 20212 min read
9th of September 2006
The first flight of a special Boeing 747-400 took place on this day in aviation history, the 6th of September 2006. The Boeing 747-400...
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