23rd of June, 1942
The Martin JRM Mars made its first flight on this day in 1942. In 1938 the US Navy contracted the Glen L Martin Company to develop the...
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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.
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22nd of June 1984
On this day in aviation history, the first flight of the Rutan Model 76 Voyager took place. The aircraft that would be the first aircraft...
21st of June 1921
Another first flight on today's glance at aviation history. After yesterday's look at TurboProp power today we look at a "W" powered...
20th of June, 1983
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8 "Dash 8" made its first flight on this day in aviation history 38 years ago. After the success of the "Dash...
19th of June, 2002
19 years ago on this day in aviation history, the Bud Light Spirit of Freedom lifted off from Northam, Western Australia for what would...
18th of June, 1926
95 years ago, on this day in aviation history the Blackburn Iris I made its first flight from the factory at Brough (Yorkshire, England)....
17th of June 1955
The second jet airliner in the world made its first flight on this day 65 years ago. It was the Tupolev Tu-104. When the de Havilland...
16th of June 2011
10 years ago to date, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 is entered into service with Russian flag carrier Aeroflot. Aeroflot SSJ100 The development...
15th of June 1916
This day in aviation saw the first flight of the first aircraft of what is now one of the biggest aeronautical companies in the world,...
14th of June 1919
A 102 years ago on this day in aviation the first transatlantic flight, a Vickers Vimy, lifted off from St John's, Newfoundland, Canada...
13 of June 2013
Rotor wing history was written on this day in aviation history, in 2013. The AeroVelo flew the Atlas HPH for 64.11 seconds reaching a...
12th of June 1979
On this day in aviation history, the English Channel was crossed by an aircraft. That is not that exceptional in itself. What was...
11th of June 1971
This day in 1971 saw the start of a 34.000 mile (54.700 km) flight. Sheila Scott set off alone in her Piper Aztec D for an equator to...
10th of June 1990
A British Airways BAC1-11, G-BJRT, was climbing out of Birmingham, England, on its flight to Malaga, Spain on this day in aviation...
9th of June 1995
On this day, 26 years ago, the single-engine Eurocopter EC120 Colibri made its first flight. (Colibri is French for Hummingbird)....
8th of June 1978
43 years ago on this day, the De Havilland Canada DHC-7 (Dash 7) entered service with Wardair Canada Ltd. The initial development for...
7th of June 1938
83 years ago on this day, the Douglas DC-4E (NX18100, s/n 1601) made it its first flight on this day in 1938 out of Clover Field, Ca,...
6th of June 1964
On this day in aviation history Silver City Airways, based in the United Kingdom announced that it had flown 1.000.000 cars from England...
5th of June 1989
The massive Antonov AN-225 Mriya (Dream) flies to Paris Le-Bourget for the Paris Air Show with the Soviet Spacecraft Buran on its back....
4th of June, 1927
In this day and age, we fly all over the globe, but in the first part of the 20th century, most flying was over short distances. As a...
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