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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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  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 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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  The First B-21 Raider Arrives at Ellsworth Air Force Base

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  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED74% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsA year with no day, per militarytimes.com^[1]: Gen. Dale White "confirmed that the first operational aircraft of the stealth bombers are on track for a 2027 Ellsworth delivery as initially projected in February", so the pin takes the last day of that year.

  The US Air Force’s first operational B-21s are due "on the ramp" at their first operational base in South Dakota in 2027. The stealth bomber programme has raised production capacity by 25%, heading for about seven aircraft a year and a fleet of at least 100.

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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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  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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  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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  Starts 06/30/2027ESTIMATED6.5 years late75% CONFIDENCEin 280 daysBoeing^[2] says only 2027. Lufthansa, the launch customer, has delivery “currently scheduled for mid-2027” per Lufthansa Aviation Training, so the pin sits at the middle of the year.

  Boeing says the first 777-9 will be delivered in 2027, seven years late, after taking a $4.9 billion charge; Lufthansa is the launch customer, with delivery currently scheduled for mid-2027, and Emirates has signalled it is planning for late 2027.

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  Starts 09/13/2012CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE14.0 years agoHeliHub^[4] reported the order was announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show on 13 September 2012, for 14 EC145 T2 and 3 EC135 P2e helicopters delivered 2013-2017.

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  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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  Tarmac Aerosave Opens Its Fourth A380 Hangar at Teruel Airport

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  Starts 10/08/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoAviTrader^[2] and AeroWeb-fr.net reported that Tarmac Aerosave inaugurated its fourth Teruel hangar (its seventh overall) on 8 October 2024.

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