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2nd July 2022

1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire

31st March 2022 Jacek Domański

On the 1st April 1954, a Spitfire Mk. XIX of the No. 81 Squadron RAF performed the last operational sortie of that type of aircraft within the RAF. That final flight was a reconnaissance mission […]

4 March 1954 – Lockheed F-104 Starfighter performed its maiden flight

3rd March 2022 Jacek Domański

On 4th March 1954, Tony LeVier, official test pilot of the Lockheed company, took-off for the first time in a prototype of a new fighter – XF-104, later developed into a well-known F-104 Starfighter. The […]

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