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( Important American piston-engined fighter aircraft)
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This is a Japanese long-range fighter aircraft formerly manufactured in Japan by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company. Important airplane during WWII.
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(German fighter)
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Heinkel He 178 V1, the first jet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time, powered by the HeS 3B
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A team from the Air Ministry visits Power Jets once again, but this time Frank Whittle demonstrates a jet engine at full power for a continuous 20-minute run. They are extremely impressed, quickly contracts are offered to Whittle to develop a flyable design, and production contracts are offered to practically every engine company in England. These companies also set up their own design efforts, reducing the possibility of financial rewards for Power Jets
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September 14, 1939 - First Sucessful Flight by Igor Sikorsky: the VS-300, the world’s first practical helicopter, took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky
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First flight of the first jet aircraft: on August 27, 1939, the He 178, piloted by Captain Erich Warsitz, flew over the factory airfield at Rostock-Marienehe
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Platt-LePage of Eddystone, PA receives a contract to build a helicopter for the U.S. - XR-1
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The jet power aircraft Campini Caproni CC.2 flies for first time
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First flight VS-300. It is the first successful US helicopter and the first to employ a main rotor and tail rotor configuration, commonly used in helicopters today
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(American fighter aircraft)
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An important American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and in later conflicts.
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This is a famous military campaign occurred during the Second World War. The Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
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First Gloster E 28 flight: Gloster test pilot Gerry Sayer first flew at RAF Cranwell base near Sleaford in Lincolnshire. The flight lasted 17 minutes and was a complete success.
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German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. The only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000 km/h (621 mph) in level flight.
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers) in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.
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First flight of the Messerschmitt Me 262: Plans for the first operational reaction fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262, were completed in 1939 and the first jet-powered prototype flew in 1942.
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Frank Piasecki flies his PV-2 in Philadelphia. He becomes the first FAA certified helicopter pilot and goes on to develop a line of successful tandem rotor helicopters.
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Fastest German propeller driven aircraft that flew in WWII. it had a top speed of 474 mph (763 km/h). This airplane did not see combat.
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The first USAAF attack on Berlin takes place with 660 heavy bombers; 69 bombers and 11 escort fighters are lost
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A Gloster Meteor "tips" over a V-1 in the first jet success of the Allies.
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XR-1 helicopter modeled contract is cancelled after the German design proves troublesome.
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The name of this aircraft was Enola Gay
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