On this Day in Aviation History — January 25
2004: NASA’s “Opportunity” rover lands on Mars. 1990: The Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird spy planes are retired from SAC service. 1983: The Swedish/U.S. Saab-Fairchild 340 transport, the first aircraft built by collaboration, makes its first flight. 1952: North American F-86 Sabre jet fighters shoot down 10 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s over North Korea. 1930: […]