Ron Eiseleさんのイラストまとめ

1 September 1937. First flight of the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda. First military aircraft produced by the Bell Aircraft Corporation, originally designated the "XFM-1, Bell Model 1". Designed as a mobile anti-aircraft platform as well as a convoy fighter.

25 August 1947. USMC test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Marion Carl set a new official World speed record of 650.796 mph in a D-558-I Skystreak over a course on the dry lakebed at Muroc Army Airfield (later renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Art by Steve Cox.

26 July 1944. First jet aircraft combat, Alfred Schreiber flying a Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a intercepted and attacked a Mosquito PR XVI, a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from 540 Squadron RAF.

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow). The only Japanese inline-engine fighter aircraft to see service during WW2.

8 June 1966. XB-70 Valkyrie prototype was destroyed in a mid-air collision. Chief Test Pilot Joe Walker (F-104 pilot) and Carl Cross (XB-70 co-pilot) were killed, while Al White (XB-70 pilot) ejected, sustaining serious injuries.

3 June 1918. Zeppelin-Staaken https://t.co/0vyzGMPl16 type L 1432. 4-engine German biplane strategic bomber, modified as a float-equipped seaplane for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung (Imperial German Naval Air Service) using Maybach engines, crashed during testing.

Mosquito gun test

1 June 1912. Rumpler Taube over Norway, the first Norwegian military flight. The pilot was pioneer aeronaut Hans F. Dons. Art by Piotr Dubowik.

Sergeant André Bosson. 1 June 1894 - 20 July 1918.

B17 - Hit