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September 30th in Aviation History

Happy Birthday 747! Perhaps the most famous airliner in history rolled out on this date in 1968.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History: September 28th

Pakistan Flight 268 crashes into a mountain in Kathmandu, Lufthansa flies its millionth customer, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

September 26th in Aviation History

The Concorde crosses the Atlantic for the first time, West Germany, France and Great Britian come together to build the A300, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 

 

On This Day in Aviation History: September 22nd

The F-14 Tomcat is retired from the US Navy, a man crosses the Atlantic in a hot-air balloon, an E-3 Sentry crashes outside Elmendorf AFB and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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On This Day in Aviation History: September 19th

A bomb takes down UTA Flight 772, Israel launches their first satellite, a Turkish Airlines 727 hits a mountain, some farm animals fly a balloon, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.