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05.03.
1923 - I.I. Sikorsky aircraft construction company founded in the U.S.A.
1932 - Kazan� Aviation Institute is founded.
1940 - P.O. Sukhoy aircraft construction OKB is formed.
1942 - Longrange strategic aviation formed.
1958 - First flight of the supersonic Yak-28 multirole aircraft. Also known as "129."
1971 - Main computer center for civil aviation (GVTs GA) is created in Moscow.
1993 - First flight of the Ka-37 unmanned helicopter.
1997 - First flight of the Ka-50N night combat helicopter with TV3-117VM engine, O.R. Krivoshein was pilot.

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07.03.
1915 - Test pilot L.I. Taroshchin is born.
1932 - Test pilot V.M. Morozov is born.
1934 - Test pilot B.I. Gruzevich is born.
1953 - First flight of the Il-40 jet attack aircraft.
1957 - First passenger flight of Il-18 airplane.
1957 - First flight of the An-10 "Ukaina" aircraft with NK-4 engine by Ya.I. Vernikov and I.E. Davydov.
1959 - Regular passenger service opens on a Tu-104 from Moscow to Pyen�yang via Irkutsk.
1987 - First flight of Il-78M aircraft.
83 years ago today, the Junkers Ju 52 took flight for the first time. One of the most important aircraft in European aviation history, "Auntie Ju" served with numerous air carriers as an airliner and freight hauler. Derived from a single-engine aircraft, two additional radial engines were mounted on either wing to improve performance. Corrugated metal skin was used to strengthen the structure against torsion and large, fixed landing gear could cope with rough fields. The Luftwaffe employed the type as a bomber, transporter and minesweeper during World War II.

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08.03.
1910 - First demonstration flight in Russia of a Russian pilot, M.N. Efimov (Odessa).
1922 - Test pilot N.P. Shibaev is born.
1923 - Society of Friends of the Air Fleet (ODVF) is created.
1940 - First flight of a bomber of the �flying wing� type, the V.N. Belyaev DB-LK.
1941 - Resolution adopted about founding of the Flight Research Institute (now the M.M. Gromov LII).
1950 - Test pilot V.P. Smelov is born.
1955 - First shoot-down of a target aircraft by the RS-1U (K-5) air-to-air missile.

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12.03.
1914 – First flight of the Curtiss Model J (shown), an American biplane prototype that became the basis for the Curtiss Jenny series.
1918 – John Stanley Chick, Welsh World War I fighter ace, and his observer, Percy Douglas, drive down out of control a German observation plane and a quartet of Fokker Dr.I fighters on a single sortie with their Bristol F.2b.
1936 – Death of Friedrich Theodor Noltenius, German World War I flying ace, in the crash of his Bucker Jungmann.
1943 – Birth of James Phillip Fleming, U.S. Air Force helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War and Medal of Honor recipient.
1953 – A Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln is shot down 20 miles northeast of Lüneburg, Germany, by a Soviet MiG-15 as it flies to Berlin on a training flight, resulting in the deaths of the seven crew members.
2002 – The last successful mission of NASA space shuttle Columbia, STS-109, is complete when it lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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13.03.
1916 - Assembly of "Svyatogor" airplane, the largest in Russia, ends.
1920 - Marshal of Aviation G.P. Skorikov is born.
1936 - First flight of the TsAGI A-13 autogyro.
1939 - K.I. Zhdanov of OKB-150 installs AV-1 props on I-16 and I-153 �Chayka.�
1940 - Rosaviakosmos general director Yu.N. Koptev is born.
1996 - First international contract by OAO Aviastar for delivery of Tu-204-120 and Tu-204-120S with Egyptian Company Sirocco Aerospace.

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14.03.
1912 - I.I. Sikorsky sets a speed record in an S-6A aircraft with an Argus engine with four passengers of 106 kph.
1923 - Russian Volunteers for the Air Fleet (Dobrolet) is organized.
1948 - Series production of the VK-1 jet engine is started.
1958 - First flight of the An-14 �Pchelka� STOL aircraft.
1983 - First non-stop flight across the Atlantic of a Northern Fleet air force Tu-142M to Cuba.

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16.03.
1918 – Death of Llewelyn Crichton Davies, Welsh World War I flying ace, from injuries sustained after the crash of his Airco DH.4 three days earlier.
1937 – First flight of the Fokker G.I (replica shown), a Dutch twin-engined fighter comparable in size and role to the German Messerschmitt Bf 110 and the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.
1950 – A de Havilland DH 106 Comet airliner, piloted by company chief test pilot John Cunningham, flies from England to Rome and back; the jet covering 1,831 miles in just over four hours.
1959 – Birth of Michael John “Bloomer” Bloomfield, American fighter and test pilot, and later, NASA astronaut.
1967 – Air Southwest is incorporated by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King; the Texas-based airline eventually becomes Southwest Airlines.
2006 – The New Kitakyushu Airport, built on an artificial island, opens in Japan.

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19.03.
1890 – Birth of Ernst Freiherr von Althaus, German World War I flying ace.
1910 – Orville Wright begins training students in Montgomery, Ala., at a site that later becomes Maxwell Air Force Base.
1954 – First flight of the Auster AOP.9 (shown), a light British military observation aircraft.
1976 – Death of Aldo Bocchese, Italian World War I flying ace.
1998 – At the age of 82, Wing Cmdr. Ken Wallis sets a world record time for reaching an altitude of 9,842 feet in an autogyro; he sets a time of 7 minutes, 20 seconds in his WA12.
2011 – Aircraft of the French Air Force make the first attacks of the military intervention in Libya, striking Libyan government armored vehicles south of Benghazi during the Second Battle of Benghazi. U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits, American fighters, and Royal Air Force aircraft go into action later in the day, striking Libyan government ground forces and air defense sites.

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22.03.
1937 - Aviation expedition to the North Pole begins from Central Airfield (4 ANT-6 and 1 ANT-7).
1939 - OKB-150 formed in the city of Stupino for aircraft props (Now OAO NPP �Aerosila�).
1946 - Plant No. 81, now the Iskra Motor Design Bureau, formed.
1956 - First international flight of the Tu-104 passenger airplane from Moscow to London.
1989 - An-225 "Mriya" sets 110 world records for speed, flight altitude and maximum takeoff weight, crew led by A. V. Galunenko.
1991 - Firsts flight of the Yak-42Eh flying laboratory with D-436T engine, crew of O. A. Bulygin and Yu. I. Mitikov.
36 years ago today, the Lockheed CP-140 Aurora took flight for the first time. A special version of the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, the CP-140 is employed by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Aurora combines the P-3 airframe with the electronics system of the S-3 Viking. A magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) is mounted in a boom extending from the tail and is used to locate submerged vessels by detecting their magnetic presence in the water. Ten underwing hard points along with a fuselage weapons bay forward of the wing are capable of carrying almost any armament cleared for use on the P-3 including missiles, depth charges and torpedoes. Sonobuoy launching tubes are located in the lower fuselage behind the wing. The Aurora serves as Canada's only strategic Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and can also perform search and rescue missions, for which the weapons bay can be adapted to carry two survival kit—air-droppable (SKAD) units. Canada's 18 Auroras are home-ported at two locations, Canadian Forces Base Comox and Canadian Forces Base Greenwood.

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23.03.
On This Day in Aviation History
Mar 23, 2015No Commentsby Mike Harbour

1905 – Birth of Martin Schempp, German glider pilot and founder of Schempp-Hirth, a major manufacturer of gliders.
1914 – The Royal Siamese Flying Corps, which later becomes the Royal Thai Air Force, is formed.
1936 – Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia.
1948 – First flight of the Douglas F3D Skyknight, (shown), a U.S. twin-engined jet fighter, designed as a carrier-based all-weather aircraft.
1959 – Death of Ernest James Salter, Canadian World War I flying ace who served as bombing instructor in World War II.
2009 – FedEx Flight 80, McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, crashes on landing at Tokyo Narita Airport. After landing in heavy winds, the cargo jet bounces and goes into a left roll, ends up on its back and catches fire; the crew perishes.
1908 - Designer of aviation engines A.M. Lyul�ka is born. He died in 1984.
1908 - Polar airman A. V. Lepyadevskiy is born.
1921 - Air force staff for Black and Azov Seas is formed.
1925 - Start of flight from Moscow to Smolensk to Lengingrad to Moscow on an R-1 by F.S. Rastegaev and N.N. Kurbatov for proving of the first series built M-5 motor of the Bol�shevik plant.
1935 - First flight with the acquisition of an airplane in the air (the I-Z and a TB-3, pilot was V.A. Stepanchenok).
1951 - OKB-23 (now the M.V. Khrunichev Salyut GKNPTs Design Bureau) is organized.