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70th anniversary

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...On May 15th....... Anyone know of what?
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That'll be the Vulcan Christopher....? :worried:

Nope that was the 30 aug 52 so ignore that... :lol:

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15th May 1941 first jet flight..... :thumbsup:

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No, she wasn't flying in 1941! :worried: :lol:

EDIT - Yes you've got it! :agree: ;) Gloster E29/39
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No no no..... :doh:

First jet flight was on the 15th May 1941.....not the Vulcan.... :lol:

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This is getting more entertaining by the minute. :lol:

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QUAD EDIT!! :lol: We should say, first BRITISH Jet flight. Brought to my attension in a special edition of 'Aircraft' magazine.
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:lol: OK Brian...I'll get this right...It wasn't the Vulcan as that was 11 years later so that led me to think... *-)

It wasn't Concorde coz i was born when that flew and......ohhh i got lost again.... :dunno:

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Quite frankly, I'm pretty miffed that someone got it already - I wanted to have a bit of a fun quiz for an hour or so, and you go and spoil it! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I should have made a rule - Only one answer per post and no editing. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Ahhhh but it was one entry...just Edited a tad.... :thumbsup:

OK what happened on June 25th 1965.... *-)

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