5th of April 2013
On this day in aviation history, a Boeing 787, registered N1791B and already in the colours of its future owner LOT Polish Airlines (to...
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O.T.D.I.A.H.
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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Not the 4th of April 1993.....
-- CORRECTION -- A sharp reader of the blog pointed out that the first flight of the Fokker 70 was not on the 4th of April but actually...
3rd of April 1982
Nearly 4 years before the first flight of the Airbus A310 on the 3rd of April 1982, the program was launched on the 7th of July 1978 as...
2nd of April 1937
Well known aircraft manufacturers like Douglas Commercial (founded in 1921), Boeing (founded in 1916) left a clear mark in the...
1st of April 1918
Over the entrenched battlefields of France and Belgium, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were heavily...
31st of March 1975
Landing gear, ATA Chapter 32. Wheels, Brakes, shock absorbers, lock braces, side stays all terms that are familiar to the aviation...
30th of March 1928
More than 2700 years ago toll was levied for those using the Susa to Babylon highway and Germanic tribes charged tolls to travellers who...
29th of March 1981
In the last years, the B747 was retired by a lot of airlines. The unique 4 engined Queen of the Skies is not the first 4 engined jet...
28th of March 1910
2294 days after the first flight at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers another aviation first. On the 28th of March 1910, the French...
27th of March 1927
On this day in aviation history, an American airmail pilot registered himself to participate in the Raymond Orteig challenge. Raymond...
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