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Originally developed as a private venture to meet a USAF requirement for a twin jet utility trainer, the prototype T-39 made its first flight on 16 September 1958. In all, 143 T-39A's and six T-39B's were built for the USAF. Another 62 T-39's were…
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The F-111A was the world's first production variable-sweep wing fighter. It completed its maiden flight on 21 December 1964, at Carswell AFB, Texas. The aircraft could exceed twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) by sweeping its wings rearward while i…
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The Corsair II was designed to meet a 1963 Navy requirement for a light attack plane to replace the A-4. The Navy's A-7A made its first flight in September 1965. Two months later, the Air Force settled on the A-7 as a low-cost way to provide speci…
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The T-28B was originally developed as a U.S. Navy basic trainer and completed its maiden flight on 6 April 1953. Nearly 500 were built. Early models of the Trojan were tested at Edwards beginning shortly after the plane's first flight in 1949. A l…
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The Meteor was Britain's first operational jet aircraft and the only operational Allied jet to see service in World War II. The prototype, designated G.41, completed its first flight in March 1943 under the power of two de Havilland H-1 turbojets.…
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The two-seat T-33 was developed from the single-seat F-80 fighter by lengthening the fuselage slightly more than three feet to accommodate a second cockpit. It was originally designated TF-80C and made its first flight in March 1948. It quickly be…
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The Beech C-45 was the Army Air Force version of the Beech Aircraft Corporation's Model B-18S commercial transport. The popular "Beech 18" also appeared as the AT-7 and AT-11 bombing and navigation trainers (Navy designation SNB-1/SNB-2), and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VS_boeing-b-52d-stratofortress_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The first prototye B-52 took to the air on 15 April 1952. Nearly 750 B-52's were eventually built, of which 170 were -Ds. Records set by B-52s included the world's first non-stop round-the-world flight by a jet aircraft and the first hydrogen bomb…
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Thor was the free world's first operational intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). It was 65 feet long, 8 feet in diameter and weighed 105,000 pounds. Douglas Aircraft was the prime contractor. The missile utilized a single stage North Ameri…
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Flown 37 times by Nasa's Flight Research Center,Edwards Air Force Base, CaliforniaFirst Flight December 22, 1966Final Flight July 17,1970 Maxium Speed and Altitude Records forLifting Bodies Held By The HL-10:Mach 1.86 (1228 M.P.H.) and 90,300 F…
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