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On This Day in Aviation History February 29 th

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1832 - Birth of Roberto Adolfo (Robert Adolf) Chodasiewicz, Polish born argentinian military engineer and pioneering military aeronaut.

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adolf_Chodasiewicz - http://www.earlyaviators.com/echodase.htm

1936 - Birth of Jack Robert Lousma, NASA astronaut and politician.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lousma

1956 - 1st Gloster Javelin, british interceptor T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and last aircraft to bear the Gloster name, is introduced in service

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Javelin

1960 - 1st Flight of The Beechcraft Baron, American light, twin-engined piston aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Baron

1964 - President Lyndon Johnson publicly acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed A-12 Mach 3+ spy plane program and shows a picture that is actually an YF-12A.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/February_in_aviation/February_29

1964 - British-Eagle-Flight 802/6 Bristol Britannia 312 crashed into the Glungezer mountain near Innsbruck killing all 83 people aboard.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/British-Eagle-Flug_802/6

1976 - Death of Grover Cleveland Loening, American aircraft manufacturer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Loening

1984 - 1st flight of The Eurocopter AS565 Panther, military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_AS565_Panther

1996 - Soyuz TM-22, Russian mission to Mir, is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-22

1996 - Faucett Flight 251 Boeing 737-222, registration OB-1451, crashes in the Andes, while on approach to Rodriguez Ballon Airport in Arequipa, Peru, killing 123 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucett_Flight_251

1996 - 1st flight of The Cessna Citation Excel (Model 560XL), American turbofan-powered, medium-sized business jet aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Citation_Excel

1996 – WestJet, Canadian low-cost airline, begins operations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestJet

2000 - 1st flight of The Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42 'FlatPack', Russian technology demonstrator incorporating numerous fifth-generation fighter aspects such as advanced avionics, stealth, supermaneuoverability and supercruise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_Project_1.44

2008 - Death of Kenji Yanagiya, Japanese Navy WWII Flying ace, only escort fighter pilot of the Yamamoto mission to survive the war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yanagiya - http://cieldegloire.com/010_yanagiya_k.php