Today in Aviation History

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English aviation pioneer, Francis Kennedy McClean was born 1/2 1876.

First flight of the Boeing XF6B prototype fighter-bomber 1/2 1933.

English test pilot, Jeffrey Kindersley Quill was born in 1913.

American testpilot and astronaut, Michael Scott Hopkins was born 28/12 1968.

Japanese engineer and astronaut, Akihiko Hoshide was born 28/12 1968.

Russian aerobatic pilot, Svetlana Kapanina was born 28/12 1968.

First flight of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier V/STOL ground-attack aircraft 28/12 1967.

First flight of the Blackburn B.26 Botha torpedo bomber 28/12 1938.

First flight of the Loire 70 flying boat 28/12 1933.

First flight of the Blackburn T.7B (Mitsubishi B2M) torpedo bomber 28/12 1929.

German WWI fighter ace, Werner Junck was born 28/12 1895.