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Post by lordroel on Jun 10, 2023 8:56:42 GMT
Happy birthday to: 56 years ago, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 “Flogger” made its first flight (June 10, 1967). The first true swing-wing and swing-role fighter to enter Soviet service, the Flogger went on to become one of the most produced and used fighters of the Cold War.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 20, 2023 18:46:48 GMT
Happy birthday to: 72 years ago, company test pilot Neville Duke made the first flight of the Hawker Hunter at Boscombe Down, Salisbury (July 20, 1951). Hunter is regarded by many as one of the best and most elegant jet fighters of the 1950s.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2023 14:58:47 GMT
Happy birthday to: In 1942, the Grumman F6F Hellcat flew for the first time. The F6F would become the most successful Navy fighter of WWII, with Hellcat pilots claiming 5,163 victories and a 19:1 kill-to-loss ratio.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 4, 2023 15:11:50 GMT
Happy birthday to: 37 years ago, Dassault test pilot, Guy Mitaux-Maurouard made the maiden flight of the Rafale jet at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base, France (July 4, 1986).
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Post by lordroel on Jul 17, 2023 14:08:10 GMT
Happy birthday to: 34 years ago, company test pilot Bruce Hinds and United States Air Force, Colonel Richard Couch, director of the B-2 Combined Test Force, made the maiden flight of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber over Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA (July 17, 1989).
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Post by lordroel on Jul 18, 2023 15:55:20 GMT
Happy birthday to: 81 years ago, the all-jet powered version of the Me 262 made its first flight at Leipheim (July 18, 1942). Incorporating a number of aerodynamic and propulsion innovations, the revolutionary aircraft came too late to check Allies from gaining victory over the #Luftwaffe.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 27, 2023 13:57:02 GMT
Happy birthday to: 51 years ago, company test pilot Irv Burrows made the maiden flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle over Edwards AFB, California (July 27, 1972). The greatest air superiority fighter of the modern era was born.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 8, 2023 15:42:31 GMT
Happy birthday to: 77 years ago, test pilots Beryl Erickson and G.S. Green, along with Chief Flight Test Engineer James McEachern and six other crew members made the maiden flight of the Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" at Fort Worth, Texas (Aug 8, 1946).
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Post by lordroel on Aug 11, 2023 8:01:32 GMT
Happy birthday to: 51 years ago, company pilot Henry “Hank” Chouteau took the Northrop F-5E Tiger II into the air for the first time (August 11, 1972). The little Tiger made a big roar!
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Post by lordroel on Sept 7, 2023 14:47:21 GMT
Happy birthday to: 26 years ago, Lockheed Martin test pilot Paul Metz made the first flight of the F-22 Raptor over Dobbins ARB, Georgia (Sept 7, 1997). A great was born.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 7, 2023 20:52:46 GMT
Happy birthday to: September 7, 1965: Test pilot Bill Quinlan made the maiden flight of Bell 209, prototype of the AH-1 Cobra, at Amon Carter Field, TX. The trailblazing AH-1 became the world's first (purpose built) attack helicopter.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 15, 2023 20:41:32 GMT
Happy birthday to: 48 years ago, company test pilot Aleksandr Fedotov made the first flight of the Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound (Sept 16, 1975). Dubbed the "Flying Radar" by the Russians, the Foxhound is one of the world’s fastest, most far-seeing and far-reaching interceptors.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 18, 2023 3:11:13 GMT
Happy birthday to: 70 years ago, test pilot G.A. Sedov made the maiden flight of the Mikoyan MiG-19 (Sept 18, 1953). Dubbed the “Farmer” by #NATO, the MiG-19 became the first supersonic fighter developed by USSR and the world’s first mass-produced supersonic jet.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 26, 2023 14:45:32 GMT
Happy birthday to: 58 years ago, company test pilot John Conrad made the first flight of the LTV A-7 Corsair II (Sept 26, 1965). Affectedly known as the "SLUF" (Short Little Ugly F*****) the A-7 became one of leading attack aircraft of the 1970s and 80s.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 1, 2023 17:17:11 GMT
Happy birthday to: 76 years ago, company test pilot George S. “Wheaties” Welch made the first flight of the North American F-86 Sabre at Muroc Dry Lake, California (Oct 1, 1947). One of the greatest jet fighter designs of all time was born.
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