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1989 – Introduction: ATR 72

1988 – First flight of the ATR 72

1982 – The first CF 18 Hornet arrived to 410 Squadron OTU CFB Cold Lake.

1979 – First flight of the Panavia Tornado ADV

1961 – The first Saturn I heavy launch vehicle (SA-1) lifted off from Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was a test of the first stage, only. The upper stages were dummies.

1960 – Air Mali (1960–1985) is established

1959 – First flight of the Myasishchev M-50

1957 – Pioneering Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Caproni dies.

1949 – Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores. 48 die including French boxing star Marcel Cerdan and the young concert violinist, Ginette Neveu.

1944 – First flight of the Bristol Buckmaster

1931 – Entered Service: USS Akron (ZRS-4) with the United States Navy

1926 – First flight of the Blériot 165

1909 – Mrs. Ralph van Denman flies for four minutes with Wilbur Wright at College Park, Maryland, becoming the U. S.’s first female passenger. [1]

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