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This day in history starts in 1951 with the first flight of the Convair CV-340, however the image shows this aircraft type still in...

We head right back to 1966 to start of todays this day in history and it's for the first flight of the Grumman Gulfstream G2. Shortly...

We start todays this day in history in 1949 with the first flight of the Douglas DC6A, Next we see another first flight and another prop,...

For todays #thisdayinhistory we go all the way back to 1934 when Aeroméxico was established as Aeronaves de México by Antonio Diaz...

In 1962 Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Indonesia was officially constituted. 1970 – The PLO makes a statement with the Dawson's field...

An interesting #thisdayinhistory today starts with a couple of #firstflights. In 1973 it was the turn of the Learjet 35, with the Shorts...

Todays aviation events at 'This day in history'

Just a trio of events from my photographic annals today. I start back in 1979 with the first flight of the Mad Dog! The MD80.

We go back nearly a century for our first stop on todays tour of the past.

1925 saw the commencement of operations by Lloyd Aero Boliviana. This A310 was taken in Miami quite some time ago.

The easily recognisable soviet airliner had initially started as an upgrade to the TU124 but once it emerged from the factory it had become

I am going to start off nearly 90 years ago and with an airport not an airline as in 1934 Aberdeen airport in Scotland was established. Well