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On This Day in Aviation History
The first Boeing 737-100 (N73700) in house colors. (Photo by Boeing)

Today in Aviation History: April 9th

Boeing flies the 737 for the first time, the first British-built Concorde flies, the Tupolev Tu-114 sets a world speed record for props, a Japanese plane flies to London, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
British Airways and Iberia tails.

Today in Aviation History: April 8th

British Airways and Iberia formally combine their businesses, an engine explodes and falls off of a BOAC Boeing 707 near Heathrow, a South African de Havilland Comet crashes in the Mediterranean, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
This FedEx DC-10 (N306FE) was involved in an attempted hijacking in 1994. (Photo by JoePriesAviation.net)

Today in Aviation History: April 7th

Auburn Calloway attempts to take down a Federal Express DC-10, Story Musgrave and Don Peterson become the first astronauts to perform a space shuttle spacewalk, history's first midair collision takes place over France, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
Aero L-29 Delfin on display at the Museum of Hungarian Aviation.

April 5th in Aviation History: The Death of Howard Hughes, Czechoslovakia’s First Jet Flies

Howard Hughes dies, North Korea launches a satellite, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashes in Georgia, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
Closeup of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-6 patch.

April 4th in Aviation History: Space Shuttle Challenger’s Maiden Spaceflight

Space Shuttle Challenger makes her maiden spaceflight, a US Air Force C-5 crashes in Vietnam, the USS Akron airship crashes near New Jersey, and more...
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