September 17, 2024
Today in History – September 17, 1993 – The F/A-18 Hornet logs its 2 Millionth Flying Hour
17 September 1993 – The F/A-18 Hornet logs its 2 millionth flying hour – Achieved in only ten years of operations. The F/A-18 was designed …
September 17, 2024
August 17, 2024
Today in History – August 17, 1946 – “1st Human to Be Shot Out of a Speeding Plane”
17 August 1946 – The first person in the U. S. to be ejected from an airplane (P-61) by means of its emergency escape equipment …
August 17, 2024
July 31, 2024
Today in History – July 31, 1965 – 1Lt Donald David Watson’s F-100 #552837 is hit by gunfire.
On July 31, 1965 “Wats” was serving with the 481TFS/27TFW out of Tan Son Nhut AB in Vietnam and was sent on a bomb run …
July 31, 2024
July 30, 2024
Today in History – July 30, 1935 – Navy Pilot flies completely by onboard instrumentation
30 July 1935: Lieutenant Frank Peak Akers, United States Navy, took off from the Naval Air Station San Diego, California, flying a specially-equipped Berliner-Joyce OJ-2 …
July 30, 2024
July 29, 2024
Today in History – July 29, 1966 – Capt W.R. Gower flying F-100D #562956 is
William Ray Gower was born on November 19, 1934, in Marshfield, MO. He was serving with the 615TFS/366TFW out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. On …
July 29, 2024
July 28, 2024
Today in History – July 28, 1959 – LtCol William H. Rankin (USMC) survives longest recorded parachute descent in history.
“On July 26, 1959, Marine LtCol William Rankin “was flying in an F-8 Crusader from Naval Air Station South Weymouth in Massachusetts to Marine Corps …
July 28, 2024