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  Starts 08/27/1939CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE87.1 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On 27 August 1939, the He 178 V1, the first prototype, performed its maiden flight, piloted by Erich Warsitz."

  Erich Warsitz flew the He 178 V1 for six minutes from Heinkel’s Marienehe factory airfield at Rostock, the first aircraft ever to fly on the thrust of a turbojet. The undercarriage would not retract and the landing was made by side-slipping.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  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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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350-900

  Toulouse-Blagnac, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 12/19/2016CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE9.8 years agoch-aviation reports the hand-over of D-AIXA at a ceremony at Toulouse-Blagnac on Monday 19 December 2016; Airbus's^[3] press release is dated 21 December 2016 but names no day, and the aircraft flew on to Munich on 21 December.

  Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from Airbus's Toulouse delivery centre, the initial aircraft of a 25-jet order that became the backbone of its new Munich long-haul hub. The A350 entered scheduled service two months later, flying Munich to Delhi.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A300 Prototype Makes Its Maiden Flight

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  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

  First German Quadriga Eurofighter Typhoon Completes Maiden Flight in Manching

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  Starts 07/14/2026CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE71 days agoAviation News^[5] reported the aircraft (serial 34+02) 'departed from the company's Military Air Systems Centre in Manching on 14 July 2026' for its maiden flight.

  The first Eurofighter Typhoon built for Germany's 20-jet Quadriga order, serial 34+02, flew for about an hour before returning safely to Airbus's Manching site.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  DLR's HY4 Completes Its First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Flight

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  Starts 09/29/2016CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE10.0 years agoDLR's^[3] own press release and the EAA both date HY4's first official flight to September 29, 2016.

  The German Aerospace Center's HY4, the world's first four-seat aircraft powered solely by a hydrogen fuel cell, made its first flight from Stuttgart Airport on September 29, 2016. The Future of Flight features it as a real prototype for zero-emission aviation.

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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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  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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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Delivers Its First A400M Atlas to the Luftwaffe

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  Starts 12/18/2014CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.8 years agoAirbus^[4] and OCCAR delivery records state the first production A400M for Germany (MSN018) was handed over to the Luftwaffe on 18 December 2014, one day before it landed at its Wunstorf home base.

  Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first production A400M Atlas military transport, assembled at its Seville final assembly line, to the German Luftwaffe.

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  Concorde Makes Its First Flight From Toulouse

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  Starts 03/02/1969CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE57.6 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "Construction of six prototypes began in February 1965, with the first flight from Toulouse on 2 March 1969."

  The Anglo-French supersonic airliner, built by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation under a 1962 treaty, flew for the first time from Toulouse. Four Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbojets drove an ogival delta wing carrying 92 to 128 passengers.

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  Arianespace Launches Ariane 6 on Its Maiden Flight, VA262

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  Starts 07/09/2024CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE2.2 years agoArianespace's newsroom and Wikipedia's^[2][3] Ariane flight VA262 article confirm Ariane 6's maiden flight lifted off from Kourou on 9 July 2024.

  Europe's new heavy-lift launcher Ariane 6, built by ArianeGroup, flew for the first time from the Guiana Space Centre. The inaugural flight met its main objectives despite an anomaly in an upper-stage auxiliary unit late in the mission.

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  Boeing Completes the Maiden Flight of Its Model 314 Clipper

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  Starts 06/07/1938CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE88.3 years agoHistoryLink.org^[3] and the Museum of Flight both date the maiden flight to June 7, 1938.

  Boeing's Model 314 Clipper flying boat made its 38-minute first flight over Puget Sound, piloted by test pilot Eddie Allen. The giant flying boat went on to open Pan Am's first non-stop transatlantic passenger service.

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