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Sept. 20, 1927:
Charles A.
Lindbergh, en route
On this date ...
from Los Angeles
after his renowned
solo transatlantic
flight, landed the
Spirit of St. Louis
on the dry lakebed
near Muroc for
an imprompt u
inspection.

Sept. 18, 1990: The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-
23A went supersonic for the first time. The YF-23A was a Sept, 18, 1992: X-31 No. 1, fitted with strakes,
finalist in the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, battling achieved its design goal of 70 degrees
the Lockheed YF-22. After a four-year development and AOA during level decelerations, doublet
evaluation process, the YF-22 was announced the winner in maneuvers, and non-abrupt bank-to-bank
1991 and entered production as the Lockheed Martin F-22 maneuvering.
Raptor.

Sept. 18, 2000: The Sept. 21, 1964: North
X-32A, Boeing’s Joint American Rockwell’s XB-
Strike Fighter concept 70 Valkyrie experimental
demonstrator, landed at aircraft made its first flight
Edwards Air Force Base, from Air Force Plant 42
Calif., after making its in Palmdale, Calif., to
first flight. Boeing JSF Edwards Air Force Base.
chief test pilot Fred Knox It was flown by North
flew the aircraft during the American test pilot Alvin
20-minute flight, which S. White and Col. Joseph
began at Boeing’s facility F. Cotton. Originally
at Air Force Plant 42 in conceived as a strategic
Palmdale, Calif. bomber with the ability to
cruise at Mach 3 speeds,
the two XB-70s completed
were used as joint Air
Force/NASA high-speed
research vehicles only.

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