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John Currin and David Arkwright posted

Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV

November 11th, 1956
First flight of the Convair B-58 Hustler.

The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The aircraft was designed by Convair engineer Robert H. Widmer and developed for the United States Air Force for service in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1960s. It used a delta wing, which was also employed by Convair fighters such as the F-102, with four General Electric J79 engines in pods under the wing. It carried five nuclear weapons; four on pylons under the wings, and one nuclear weapon and fuel in a combination bomb/fuel pod under the fuselage, rather than in an internal bomb bay.

Replacing the Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium bomber, it was originally intended to fly at high altitudes and supersonic speeds to avoid S

Atom Bomb Successfully Tested on 16 July 1945

John Currin (JC) posted Atom Bomb Successfully Tested on 16 July 1945 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/–H2lhGRrxL0/V4nYmFRXtcI/AAAAAAACZK4/q213zqsIClcq1CTxlqDXFgDgmC42nyuLw/2032a23bf014e18e726643ca8291af43.jpg?imgmax=1024
Originally shared by +Sean Cowen
On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

1 June 1813, #onthisday off Boston during the War of 1812, the British frigate HMS “Shannon”, Cpt. Philip Broke, captured USS “Chesapeake”, Cpt. James Lawrence, in a brief, bloody action

John Currin (JC) posted 1 June 1813, #onthisday off Boston during the War of 1812, the British frigate HMS “Shannon”, Cpt. Philip Broke, captured USS “Chesapeake”, Cpt. James Lawrence, in a brief, bloody action https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uvpHT4mzreM/V08M1l0NqiI/AAAAAAAA23c/HaRVcj6LCEoJQHDrdj3vEvGx_buVCVjUg/Kamp_mellem_den_engelske_fregat_Shannon_og_den_amerikanske_fregat_Chesapeak.jpg?imgmax=1024
Originally shared by +Dirk Puehl
They called her the “runt of the litter” of the 6 original US Navy frigates and she had a reputation of being an unlucky ship. Not a completely far-fetched notion. USS “Chesapeake” already made headlines in 1807 as the US Navy vessel… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

21 Dec 1988 – Alexander Galunenko and Sergei Grbik pilot the Soviet Antonov An-225…

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Reshared post from +Gerhardt Himmelmann

21 Dec 1988 – Alexander Galunenko and Sergei Grbik pilot the Soviet Antonov An-225 transport on its first flight; the heaviest aircraft ever built. Designed as a transport for the Soviet space shuttle program, the An-225 weighs 285 tonnes empty and can lift a cargo of 253 tonnes. At 84m, it is also the longest heavier-than-air aircraft ever built, and its 88-metre wingspan is second only to the Hughes "Spruce Goose". Following the cancellation of the Soviet space shuttle program and the collapse of the Soviet U