31st of July 1987
A prototype Fokker 100 (Fokker F.28 Mk.100) was scheduled for a test flight, from and to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on this day in 1987....
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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.
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30th of July 1992
With 280 passengers and 12 crew onboard, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStarwas being repaired for a scheduled flight from New York John F. Kennedy...
29th of July 2011
A Boeing 777-200 had operated an uneventful flight from Madina (Saudi Arabia) and was parked at Terminal 2 of Cairo International Airport...
28th of July 1994
With 267 passengers and 18 crew, a Boeing 747-238 was scheduled to operate a flight from San Francisco (California, USA) to London...
27th of July 2010
With a take-off weight of 248.307 kilograms (of which 79.247 kilograms of cargo), a McDonnel Douglas MD-11F took off from Frankfurt...
26th of July 2017
With a crew of two and one passenger on board, a Raytheon Hawker 850XP took off from Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport on this day...
25th of July 2009
A Boeing 737-7Q8 was being prepared for a scheduled flight from Melbourne aerodrome, Victoria (Australia) on this day in 2009. With all...
24th of July 2015
An ATR 72-212 had already completed a series of four flights on this day in 2015 and was now being readied for the fifth and final sector...
23rd of July 2015
An Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra was being readied for an executive charter flight from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) to...
22nd of July 2020
A Cessna Aircraft Company 441 was scheduled to operate a charter flight with six passengers from Broom Airport in Western Australia to...
21st of July 2004
A 37-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 was scheduled to operate a domestic passenger flight from Mexico City to Torreon, with an...
20th of July 2016
With just a pilot and one passenger onboard a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air was operating a private flight from Rock Hill Airport (South...
19th of July 2019
With a crew of 4 and 74 passengers, a de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q (Dash 8) was operating a domestic passenger flight in Canada,...
18th of July 2012
A 1981-built Boeing 737-230 Advanced operated a domestic passenger flight In Chili, between Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport and La...
17th of July 1980
A BAe Vickers Viscount 708 was scheduled to operate a non-scheduled passenger flight from Santander Airport (Spain) to Exeter Airport...
16th of July 2011
A Boeing 727-281 Freighter aircraft was operating a cargo flight from Moncton-Greater Moncton International Airport (New Brunswick,...
15th of July 2002
A Sikorsky S-61N-II helicopter was on standby in a Coastguard role out of the Royal Marine Barracks Poole, in Dorset (United Kingdom) on...
14th of July 1996
A Boeing E-3A Sentry (MSN 22852/969, first flight 5th of June 1984) was scheduled to fly a mission from Préveza-Aktion Airport in Greece...
13th of July 2004
A Learjet 35A was operating a short Ambulance flight from Sint Maarten-Juliana Airport (Sint Maarten) to Nevis-Newcastle Airport (St....
12th of July 2013
After an uneventful from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), a Boeing 787 arrived at London Heathrow Airport (England)around 06.30 lt (local time),...
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