May 7, 2021
Today in History – May 7, 1975 – YF-16A Fighting Falcon first mishap, belly landing expertly executed.
7 May 1975 The second prototype General Dynamics YF-16A Fighting Falcon, 72-01568, on a practice flight prior to deployment for the Paris Air Show, suffered …
May 7, 2021
May 6, 2021
Today in History – May 6, 1966 – F-4 Phantom II lost off the coast of California, found 28 years later when divers were looking for a big bag of $$$.
6 May 1966 – A USMC McDonnell RF-4B-24-MC Phantom II, BuNo 153090, of VMCJ-3, MCAS El Toro, CA, was on an out-and-back familiarization flight from …
May 6, 2021
May 5, 2021
Today in History – May 5, 1969 – F-100D # 56-3214 out of Lakenheath suffers engine failure, pilot ejects
5 May 1969 – A USAF North American F-100D-70-NA Super Sabre, #56-3214, one of two Super Sabres from the 452nd TFS/81st TFW out of RAF …
May 5, 2021
May 4, 2021
Today in History – May 4, 1949 – F-82F crashes into house, pilot uses brick to rescue crewman from cockpit
4 May 1949 – USAF North American F-82F Twin Mustang, 46-468, out of Mitchel Field crashes into an unfinished house on Fulton Avenue near Duncan …
May 4, 2021
May 3, 2021
Today in History – May 3, 1976 – Pan Am Boeing 747 sets around the world flight record
3 May 1976 – On 1 May 1976 Pan American World Airways’ Boeing 747SP–21 Clipper Liberty Bell, N533PA, departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International …
May 3, 2021
May 1, 2021
Today in History – May 1, 1960 – Spy plane hit by shrapnel, Gary Powers bails out and is captured
1 May 1960 – Near Degtyansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a Central Intelligence Agency/Lockheed U-2C, 56-6693, “Article 360,” flying at approximately 80,000 feet (24,384 meters) on …
May 1, 2021