Boeing Completes the Maiden Flight of Its Model 314 Clipper

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes Its Maiden Flight

  Paine Field, Everett, Washington, USABoeing Commercial Airplanes·…

  

  Starts 12/15/2009 6:27PMCONFIRMED2.5 years late82% CONFIDENCE16.8 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On December 15, 2009, Boeing conducted the 787-8 maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:27 am PST."

  N787BA lifted off from Paine Field at 10:27 am PST and landed three hours later at Boeing Field, reaching 180 knots and 13,200 feet. The first airliner with a primarily composite airframe flew more than two years later than Boeing first promised.

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  The Airbus A300 Prototype Makes Its Maiden Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 10/28/1972CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE53.9 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the first prototype "conducted its maiden flight from Toulouse–Blagnac International Airport on 28 October that year."

  Airbus’ first aircraft and the world’s first twin-engine wide-body airliner flew from Toulouse–Blagnac a month ahead of schedule, for one hour and 25 minutes, with Max Fischl as captain and Bernard Ziegler as first officer.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Completes Its Everett Factory, the World's Largest Building

  Everett, Washington, USABoeing·…

  

  Starts 01/01/1967ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCE59.7 years agoWikipedia^[2] and multiple aviation histories date the Everett Factory's completion to 1967, but do not give an exact completion day.

  Boeing finished construction of its Everett, Washington factory in 1967 to build the 747, creating what is still the world's largest building by volume. Aerospace Manufacturing features the plant, which now also produces the 767, 777 and 787.

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  Boeing Delivers Its First 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux

  Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington, USABoeing·…

  

  Starts 10/12/2011CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE14.9 years agoBoeing's own October 12, 2011 press release announced the delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux.^[1]

  Boeing handed over the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux at its Everett, Washington widebody plant, putting the largest version of the 747 into commercial cargo service.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic

  Aéroport de Paris–Le Bourget, Paris, FranceRyan Airlines

  

  05/20/1927 - 05/21/1927CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE99.3 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the aircraft is the one "Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France."

  Charles Lindbergh flew the Ryan NYP from Roosevelt Airfield on Long Island to Le Bourget in Paris, 3,600 miles in 33 hours and 30 minutes, the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. It won him the $25,000 Orteig Prize.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  The Hawaii Mars Flying Boat Retires to a British Columbia Museum

  British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, CanadaCoulson Aviation

  

  Starts 08/11/2024CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoThe Aviationist^[4] and Skies Mag^[3] reported that Hawaii Mars made its final retirement flight to the British Columbia Aviation Museum on August 11, 2024.

  On August 11, 2024, the Martin JRM Mars flying boat "Hawaii Mars" made its final flight, escorted by Snowbirds jets, ending 78 years of service as the world’s largest water bomber.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The FAA Certifies the Boeing 737-7

  Seattle, Washington, USABoeing·…

  

  Starts 08/03/2026CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE51 days agoHappened as dated, per boeing.mediaroom.com^[1]: the release is datelined "SEATTLE, Aug. 3, 2026" and states "The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted Boeing an amended type certificate for the new 737-7 airplane, clearing it for commercial service."

  The FAA granted Boeing an amended type certificate for the 737-7, clearing the smallest and longest-range MAX variant for commercial service after a test programme that began in 2018 and ran more than 1,000 hours.

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  Antonov An-124 Ruslan Makes Its First Flight

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  Starts 12/26/1982CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE43.7 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Antonov An-124 Ruslan article states the prototype's first flight took place on 26 December 1982.

  The Antonov An-124 Ruslan, still one of the largest cargo aircraft ever built, first flew over Kyiv on 26 December 1982, years before it entered airline service.

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  The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

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  Starts 09/24/2026ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 1 dayA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net^[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus^[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".

  Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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  Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A380

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  Starts 05/19/2010CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE16.3 years agoBusiness Traveller^[6] and Aviation International News both report Lufthansa took delivery of its first A380 on 19 May 2010.

  Lufthansa received its first Airbus A380 at Hamburg on 19 May 2010, putting the double-decker superjumbo into European airline service weeks later.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Bell X-1 Breaks the Sound Barrier Over the Mojave

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  Starts 10/14/1947CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE78.9 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "The first manned supersonic flight occurred on 14 October 1947, over the Mojave Desert in California."

  Captain Chuck Yeager, drop-launched from a B-29 over the Mojave Desert, took X-1 #46-062 "Glamorous Glennis" to Mach 1.06 – the first piloted aeroplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. It was XS-1 flight number 50.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The de Havilland Comet Opens the World’s First Jet Airliner Service

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  Starts 05/02/1952CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE74.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On 2 May 1952, as part of BOAC’s route-proving trials, G-ALYP took off on the world’s first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers and inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg."

  BOAC’s G-ALYP took off from London for Johannesburg with fare-paying passengers, the first scheduled jetliner service in the world. Comet flights were about twice as fast as advanced piston airliners and cut London–Johannesburg to 21 hours 20 minutes.

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