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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.
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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Apr 21, 20211 min read
22th of April 1958
Today we travel back to 1958, on this day in that year the Vertol Model 107 performed its first flight. The V107 was envisaged as the...
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Apr 20, 20211 min read
21st of April 2011
After yesterday's entry into service of the Il-18, today we look at another entry into service of a Russian airliner. This time the...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
20th of April 1959
It is 1959 and Aeroflot puts its new turboprop into service. The first steps for the development of the aircraft were set in 1954. some 3...
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V2Aviation
Apr 18, 20211 min read
19th of April 1945
Today marks the 76th birthday of IATA. IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba, on 19 April 1945. It is the prime vehicle for inter-airline...
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Apr 17, 20212 min read
18th of April 1977
Whether you believe in guardian angels or divine intervention or just luck, on this day in aviation history the crew and passengers of a...
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Apr 16, 20211 min read
17th of April 2021
The "On This Date In Aviation History" blog for today was celebrating the history of FedEx. In light of the tragic events at the FedEx...
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Apr 15, 20211 min read
16th of April 1973
On this day in aviation history, we will have a short look at the Embraer Emb110 Bandeirante which entered into service with the (now...
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Apr 14, 20212 min read
15th of April 2010
After a second eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, a large part of the European Controlled Aerospace was closed for fear of the...
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Apr 13, 20211 min read
14th of April 1966
As we see fewer and fewer Boeing 747 aircraft in active duty, the 14th of April 1966 saw the 1st order in the books! On This Day In...
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Apr 12, 20212 min read
13th of April 1989
On this day in aviation history, the 578-DX made its first flight. 578-DX ?? May be Pratt & Whitney / Alison prop-fan 578-DX engine rings...
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V2Aviation
Apr 11, 20211 min read
12th of April 1961
Although this is an aviation blog, the events of the 12th of April 1961 warrant a little step into space. They don't call it "Aerospace"...
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V2Aviation
Apr 10, 20211 min read
11th of April 1908
Three in a row, after a turboprop speed record, a biplane speed record today another speed record. This time the scene is set in France,...
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V2Aviation
Apr 9, 20211 min read
10th of April 1931
What happened in aviation on this day in 1931? Well, another aviation record was set, again a speed record. This time single-engine...
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V2Aviation
Apr 8, 20211 min read
9th of April 1960
This was another day where a record got broken, not an altitude record but a speed record. A TU-114 Rossiya four-engine turboprop...
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Apr 7, 20212 min read
8th of April 1931
90 years ago to date a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogyro sat on the ground at Pitcairn Field (Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania...
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V2Aviation
Apr 6, 20211 min read
7th of April 1922
On this day in aviation history, a sad "first time this happened" entry was made in the aviation history books. The weather was bad this...
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Apr 5, 20211 min read
6th of April 1890
On this day in Aviation history in Blitar, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Herman Fokker and his wife Johanna Fokker became the parents...
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Apr 4, 20211 min read
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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V2Aviation
Apr 3, 20212 min read
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...
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V2Aviation
Apr 2, 20211 min read
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...
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