HOLMES Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Oh thank you for that B-1 Nut.. :) The odd fact does make ME smile and think how awesome is that. If he Hamsters circadian rhythm changes to allow for quicker recovery then it may help the humble Human Being! LOL!! HOLMES ;) :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 May 22, 1943 German Messerschmitt Me-262 turbojet fighter prototype flight tested at Rechlin. May 22, 1990 McDonnell Douglas pilot Larry Walker and Maj. Erwin Jenschke landed the NF-15B STOL Maneuvering Technology Demonstrator in 1,650 feet at Edwards AFB, California. Wikipedia's NF-15 STOL History May 22, 2002 The X-45A unmanned combat air vehicle flew for the first time at Edwards AFB, California. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 May 22, 1943German Messerschmitt Me-262 turbojet fighter prototype flight tested at Rechlin. May 22, 1990 McDonnell Douglas pilot Larry Walker and Maj. Erwin Jenschke landed the NF-15B STOL Maneuvering Technology Demonstrator in 1,650 feet at Edwards AFB, California. Wikipedia's NF-15 STOL History May 22, 2002 The X-45A unmanned combat air vehicle flew for the first time at Edwards AFB, California. AWESOME.....Watching the video makes you think How the technology just gets better and better. And it is one of many Jets capabale of performing he Pugachev Cobra is JUST SUPERB.. Thank you B-1 Nut for all your hard work and reasearch.. HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 May 23, 1949 William Webster Hansen, American physicist who contributed to the development of radar¹ and is regarded as the founder of microwave technology, died at age 39 at Palo Alto, California of a lung disease caused by inhaling the beryllium used in his research. May 23, 2000 Randolph AFB, Texas, received the first production-model T-6A Texan II. The U.S. Air Force's new primary trainer would replace the T-37 and the Navy's T-34 training aircraft. May 23, 2001 The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is formally accepted into Royal Air Force service, with No.99 Squadron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Some will give their life for their cause without a second thought... Thanks B-1 Nut..you continue to work hard on these facts and I appreciate it,Thank you HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wow, it's already almost 10 years since the RAF has had the C-17 ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 May 24, 1939 The English Imperial Airways Short Seaplane Cabot is successfully refueled in mid-air by a Handley Page bomber modified to carry 891 gallons of aviation fuel. May 24, 1961 Lieutenant R. F. Gordon and Lieutenant B. R. Young fly a Phantom F-4H fighter at 870 miles per hour for 2,421.1 miles to win the Bendix Trophy. May 24, 1982 British Airways retires the Boeing 707; its last scheduled flight is from Cairo to Heathrow. May 24, 1994 The C-17 Globemaster flew across the Atlantic for the first time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 May 25, 1910 Orville Wright takes his 82-year-old father for his first airplane ride. Also on this day, Wilbur and Orville fly together for the only time. May 25, 1927 Lt. James H. Doolittle does an "outside loop" in an airplane, the first time this feat has ever been accomplished. May 25, 1951 The first example of the first jet bomber to enter RAF squadron service, the English Electric Canberra B2, is delivered to No.101 Squadron. May 25, 1953 George Welch, North American test pilot, flew the prototype YF–100 Super Sabre for the first time, taking off and landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. May 25, 1959 The Air Defense Command received its first F-106 Delta Dart. May 25, 1984 A U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 StarLifter transported the body of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War for interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 May 26, 1942 The feasibility of jet-assisted takeoff was demonstrated in a successful flight test of a Brewster F2A-3, using five British antiaircraft solid propellant rocket motors. The reduction in takeoff distance was 49 percent. May 26, 1942 The Northrop prototype for the P–61 Black Widow, the first U.S. aircraft designed as a radar-equipped night fighter, made its first flight. May 26, 1956 First flight of Republic's F-105B Thunderchief. May 26, 1961 A Convair B-58 sets a New York-to-Paris record of 3 hours, 19 minutes, at 1,089.36 miles per hour. May 26, 1970 The prototype Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial transport in the world to exceed Mach 2 by reaching 1,335 mph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 good collection of info and data..Thank you .. HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 May 27, 1924 Adrienne Bolland wins the women's record for looping from Laura Bromwell, performing the feat 212 times in 1 hour, and 1 minute in her Caudron 127 in Paris, France. May 27, 1988 The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom celebrates 30 years of flying and is still operational with twelve air forces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 May 28, 1947 First flight Douglas Skystreak. Wikipedia's Skystreak History May 28, 1947 First flight Sukhoi Su-11. Sukhoi Su-11 History May 28, 1959 Two female monkeys have become the first living creatures to survive a space flight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) May 28, 1947First flight Douglas Skystreak. Wikipedia's Skystreak History May 28, 1947 First flight Sukhoi Su-11. Sukhoi Su-11 History May 28, 1959 Two female monkeys have become the first living creatures to survive a space flight. WOW!! The Skystreak was certainly a good looking sleek jet of its time.... Monkeys going up in to Space must have been so very nerve racking for the Scientists...They did good though ,,Thankx B-1 Nut... Edited May 29, 2010 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 May 29, 1940 First flight Chance Vought F4U Corsair Navy fighter with inverted full wing. May 29, 1985 The Antonov An-124 arrives at Le Bourget airport for the Paris Air Show, and makes its first public appearance. May 29, 1997 Capt Amy Lynn Svoboda, first woman pilot fatality in USAF, dies after A-10Thunderbolt crashes during training. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 May 30, 1912 Pioneer aviator Wilbur Wright dies from typhoid fever, at the early age of 45. May 30, 1942 The first Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress was built. May 30, 1974 The U.S. launched the world's first communications broadcast satellite, the Applications Technology Satellite or ATS-6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 May 31, 1931 A pilotless airplane was successfully flown by radio control from another plane at Houston, Texas. May 31, 1945 The last of 18,188 B-24 Liberators was delivered to the USAAF. May 31, 1996 The U.S. Air Force awarded C-17 multi-year contracts to McDonnell Douglas and Pratt and Whitney for 80 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and engines over seven years. The contracts, valued at $16.2 billion, were the longest and the largest multi-year contracts ever entered into by the government to date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 How sad that the first Woman pilot lost her life in A-10.Capt Svoboda ..may you rest in peace. :o And to have the the pilotless airplane fly 79 years ago for the first time from another plane remotely controlled , must have been such a pioneering thing to have happened at that time in 1931 ; and then all these years later to have somethign similar being used in war zones... ACE !!! Thank you B-1 Nut... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 June 1, 1925 A car dealer covers himself in stamps worth $718 in a bid to be sent airmail from San Francisco to New York; the U.S. Post Office refuses to accept him. June 1, 1949 A survey conducted by a firm of New York aviation consultants shows that for the first time in history air travel volume is greater than first class rail travel. Revenue passengers-miles for domestic airlines totals 603 million compared to 582 million for Pullman trains. June 1, 1951 Maj. (Dr.) John P. Stapp survived 45 "Gs" in a rocket sled powered by a 4,000-pound thrust engine. June 1, 1979 Maj. Gen. Philip J. Conley Jr., the commander of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California, accepted the first F-15C for the Air Force. June 1, 1994 Maj. Jacqueline Parker arrived at 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field, New York, to begin mission qualification training in the F-16. She was the first female F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 June 1, 1925A car dealer covers himself in stamps worth $718 in a bid to be sent airmail from San Francisco to New York; the U.S. Post Office refuses to accept him. June 1, 1949 A survey conducted by a firm of New York aviation consultants shows that for the first time in history air travel volume is greater than first class rail travel. Revenue passengers-miles for domestic airlines totals 603 million compared to 582 million for Pullman trains. June 1, 1951 Maj. (Dr.) John P. Stapp survived 45 "Gs" in a rocket sled powered by a 4,000-pound thrust engine. June 1, 1979 Maj. Gen. Philip J. Conley Jr., the commander of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California, accepted the first F-15C for the Air Force. June 1, 1994 Maj. Jacqueline Parker arrived at 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field, New York, to begin mission qualification training in the F-16. She was the first female F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard. What a HOOT !!!! :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 June 2, 1950 The 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Rapid City AFB, South Dakota, received the first Convair RB-36D. June 2, 1954 The first test of a VTOL airplane takes place when a Convair XFY-1 Pogo demonstrated a vertical takeoff and landing. June 2, 1986 The greatest distance achieved by a hang-glider is made by American Randy Haney who flies an unpowered hang-glider 199.75 miles (321.47 km) from his takeoff point. June 2, 1995 Two B-1B Lancers flew around the world in record time--36 hours, 13 minutes, and 36 seconds lasting through June 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 June 3, 1936 Major Ira C. Eaker made the first blind (instruments only) transcontinental flight from New York to Los Angeles lasting through June 7. June 3, 1964 Jacqueline Cochran claimed her third jet speed record in a month, flying a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter at 1,135 mph over a 500-kilometer course at Edwards AFB, California Miss. Cochran bettered her September 17, 1961 mark of 680.75 mph on the same course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 June 4, 1969 The Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, hold their first exhibition using the F-4 Phantom aircraft. June 4, 1970 At Hill AFB, Utah, F-105 Thunderchiefs made a final flyby to signal the inactivation of the last Air Force Reserve F-105 squadron. June 4, 1991 Col. Clarence Dick Anderegg and his backseater, Maj. Hugh Riley, flew Pacific Air Forces' last F-4 mission. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hello B-1 Nut, You out did yourself here ..some really fascinating facts here. Thank you :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 June 5, 1948 The Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing crashed northwest of Muroc AFB, California, Capt. Glenn Edwards, the copilot, died in the crash; a year and a half later the base was renamed Edwards AFB. June 5, 1969 The Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner becomes the first aircraft of its class to fly through the sound barrier when it exceeds Mach 1 at a height of 36,000 feet. June 5, 1989 The massive Antonov An-225 Mriya flies in to Paris-Le Bourget for the 1989 Paris Air Show, carrying the Soviet Shuttle Buran on its back. This combination has a takeoff weight of 1,234,600 lb., the greatest weight ever lifted into the air. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 June 6, 1942 The first parachute jump in the U.S. using a nylon parachute was made by Adeline Gray. June 6, 1960 Two North American F-100 Super Sabres took off from Itazike AB, Japan on what was Pacific Air Forces' first computer-planned mission, a two-hour, 30-minute training flight. June 6, 1964 Silver City Airways (British) announces that it has recorded the one-millionth car it has flown between the U.K. cross-Channel car ferry by air in 1948. June 6, 1970 Lockheed delivered the first C-5 Galaxy to an operational wing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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