"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/17/2015 at 13:12 • Filed to: planelopnik, planelopnik history
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/17/2015 at 13:12 • Filed to: planelopnik, planelopnik history | 4
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Here's the first Planelopnik History Speed Round. I've been too busy the last few days to write much, so here are some quick mentions of events that warranted a full article, and some others that deserve notice.
March 12, 1967: The 2000th !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! rolls off the assembly line.
March 13, 1945: An !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of No. 617 Squadron RAF drops the first 22,000 lb (9,980 kg) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! bomb.
March 13, 1961: McDonnell delivers the last of 807 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to the Air Force.
March 14, 1927: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is formed to carry airmail on the Key West-Havana route.
March 14, 1947: First flight of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
March 15, 1972: NASA announces the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! program.
March 15, 1967: First flight of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , SAR long-range version of the CH-53 A for the USAF.
March 16, 1926: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! launches the first liquid-fueled rocket near Auburn, Massachusetts.
March 17, 1937: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! flies a Lockheed Electra from Oakland, California, to Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii, on the first leg of an attempted circumnavigation of the globe.
Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
03/17/2015 at 14:23 |
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The fact that only 46 years separate the first ever liquid fueled rocket and the announcement of the SPACE SHUTTLE program is nothing short of incredible.
ranwhenparked
> Jayhawk Jake
03/17/2015 at 15:47 |
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Things moved really fast in the 20th century. We went from riding in horsedrawn carriages and living in homes with coal stoves and oil lamps to tailfinned landyachts, TV, and radiant heating in the space of 50 years.