First flight April 29th?

[P-3K]

For a project I'm considering can anybody advise of any aircraft which had a first flight of 29th April, any year?

A search on the internetm'bob has proved inconclusive at best so hopefully someone can come up with something.........

[GOOSE]

Only April ones me and Doughnut found ages ago were -


Bell P-39 Airacobra 06-Apr-38
Aero L.29 Delfin 05-Apr-59
Antonov An-26 "Curl" 01-Apr-63
Aerospatiale SA330 Puma 15-Apr-65
Aerospatiale SA340 Gazelle 07-Apr-67
Airbus A.310 03-Apr-82

[johnhowe]

I have an Aviation Calendar for 2010 there is a photo of what looks like a Saab 105 caption for 29th, April is First Flight 29th, April, 1967. hope this helps.

[GOOSE]

I've got Saab 105 first flight as 29/06/63?

[johnhowe]

I have an Aviation Calendar for 2010 there is a photo of what looks like a Saab 105 caption for 29th, April is First Flight 29th, April, 1967. hope this helps.

I wondered why the calendar was so inexpensive, I bow to GOOSE'S Superior knowledge.

[P-3K]

Thanks for the replies chaps. yes I have teh SAAB 105 as 29th June as well.

Further digging has thrown up the following:

B747-400 as 29/04/88
Polikarpov I-5 29/04/30
Cessna CitationJet CJ4 29/04/91
Embraer Phenom 300 29/04/08

The ide was to build a model of an aircraft that first flew on the birth date of a newborn child, so unless I can come up with anything else, the B744 could be the most likely candidate.

Any other suggestions most welcome.

[GOOSE]

I bow to GOOSE'S Superior knowledge.

The Saab 105 entry came from Mr Doughnut.

[steve149c]

Hey guys! Couple more to add,

F-35C CF-2 on 29 April 2011 (Yes not stricky a first flight, the second F35-C to fly)
Saab JAS 39B prototype was rolled out on 29 September 1995, with it’s first flight 29 April 1996 (http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Saab_39_Gripen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Eurocopter Tiger Prototype 1 (PT1), first flew on 29 April 1991 (http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng ... _tigre.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Embraer Phenom 300 29th April 2008 (http://www.flightglobal.com/landingpage ... 20300.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
VC10 - First commerical flight 29th April 1964 (http://www.vectorsite.net/avvc10.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
MiG-29UB Fulcrum-B (type 9.51) 29th April 1981 (http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Mikoy ... ich_MiG-29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Think there are a couple of nice models there to be made,
Cheers
Steve