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On This Day: October 26

Aviation events for October 26

1940: The North American P-51 Mustang long-range fighter makes its maiden flight. Fast and durable, it would help assure Allied air dominance in World War II.
 
1958: Pan Am inaugurates the first jet service by a U.S. carrier, flying from New York's Idlewild Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport) to Paris Orly using a Boeing 707. The airline flew a commemorative flight on the 25th anniversary in 1983.
 
1962: The last B-52 Stratofortress off the production line, serial number 61-0040, is delivered to the US Air Force. As of last check, the plane nicknamed the "Spirit of Minot" is still in service with the 5th Bomb Wing, 23d Bomb Squadron stationed at Minot Air Force Base, South Dakota.
 
1967: First flight of the BAC Strikemaster.
 
1968: First flight of the Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante.
 
1972: Helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky dies at the age of 83.
 
1977: A Pan Am Boeing 747SP takes off on a flight to circumnavigate the globe over both poles.
 
1983: Pan Am celebrates the 25th anniversary of their first Boeing 707 with a 707 flight from JFK International Airport to Paris.
 
1993: ValuJet commences operations.
 
2014: Final scheduled passenger flight of the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 (PH-KCE). KLM Flight 672 from Montreal landed at Amsterdam at 6:35 Local time to a water canon salute.
 
 
 

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