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Oct. 21, 1947: The
On this Date ... first flight of Northrop’s
all-jet version of the
Flying Wing bomber,
the YB-49, took place.
It was a 34-minute hop
from Northrop Field
in Hawthorne, Calif.,
to Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif. These
file photos from the
Edwards History Office
were captured on the
day of departure at
Hawthorne.
Oct. 18, 1984: The first production B-1B Lancer bomber,
Oct. 16, 1975: The Air Force Rocket serial number 82-0001, made its first flight, from Air
Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. Rockwell test pilot M.L.
Base, Calif., conducted a successful first Stevenson and Lt. Col. L. B. Schroeder flew successfully
firing of the large Super Hippo reusable solid for more than three hours before landing at Edwards Air
propellant rocket test motor on Leuhman Force Base, Calif. This photograph is of Sept. 4, 1984,
Ridge. roll-out of the aircraft.

Oct. 20, 1948: The XF-88 Voodoo made its first flight
at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flown by McDonnell
test pilot Robert M. Edholm. The high-tailed, twin-engine
aircraft won the Air Force’s long-range Penetration Fighter Oct. 21, 1955: Republic Aviation Corporation conducted a cross-country
Oct. 17, 1967: Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew flight of an F-84G equipped with a Bausch & Lomb periscope system. The
X-15 No. 2 to an altitude of 280,500 feet, winning competition but never went into production. The basic design flight, from Edwards to Farmingdale, N.Y., was to evaluate the feasibility
later resurfaced in the company’s highly successful F-101
his U.S. Air Force Astronaut Wings. of a flush-mounted cockpit for the XF-103 program which was cancelled
program.
in August 1957.

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