Oct. 1, 1942: During high-speed taxi tests by Bell test pilot Bob Stanley (left), the Bell XP-59A lifted about 100…
Sept. 24, 1929: U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. James H. Doolittle made the first completely blind airplane takeoff, flight, and…
Sept. 17, 1959: North American Aviation Chief Engineering Test Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield made the first powered flight of an…
Sept. 3, 1932: At the Cleveland National Air Races, Doolittle won the Thompson Trophy Race with his Granville Brothers Aircraft Company Gee…
Aug. 27, 1956: NACA chief test pilot Joe Walker made the first local flight of its assigned F-104. This inaugurated…
Aug. 20, 1942: The U. S. Army Air Forces activate the 12th Air Force. Now headquartered at Davis-Monthan Air Force…
Aug. 13, 1965: An AFFTC test team conducted the first Air Force handling qualities evaluation flight of the Army’s XV-5A….
Aug. 6, 1945: U.S. Army Air Corps Maj. Richard Bong was the acceptance test pilot for the new Lockheed P-80…
Digital and Print Journal of Aerospace, Defense Industry and Veteran News, serving the Antelope Valley (“Aerospace Valley”) and Edwards AFB,…
July, 30, 1935: First Lt. Arthur H. Skaer Jr., a member of the Air Corps Reserve and a Northrop test…
July 23, 1956: Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Kendall “Pete” Everest became “The Fastest Man Alive” when he flew the…
July 16, 1965: The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft, made its first flight….
July 9, 1910: At the Atlantic City Aero Meet in New Jersey, Walter R. Brookins flew his Wright Flyer to…
