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Nov. 9, 1944

First flight of the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft.
After the war it was redesigned as an aerial tanker.

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Nov. 9, 1946

First flight of the Lockheed R6V Constitution, a large, double-decker transport developed as a long-range, high-capacity transport and airliner for the U.S. Navy and Pan American Airways. Only two of the aircraft were ever built.

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Nov. 9, 1978

First flight of the YAV-8B.
The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL).

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Nov. 9, 1999

TAESA Flight 725, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes near Uruapan, Mexico, killing all 18 on board.

*Spatial disorientation resulting in a deep stall and loss of control.

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Nov. 8, 1957

Pan Am Flt. 7, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu; small pieces of wreckage are found a week later by the U.S. Navy.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a suspected cause of the crash.

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Nov. 8, 1961

Imperial Airlines Flt. 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation, crashes on landing at Byrd Field near Richmond, Virginia; all 74 passengers—mostly new US Army recruits, die of carbon monoxide asphyxiation.

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Nov. 8, 1963

Aero (now Finnair) Flight 217, a DC-3, crashes before landing in poor visibility at Mariehamn Airport in the autonomous territory of Åland, killing 22 out of 25 passengers.

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Nov. 8, 1965

American Airlines Flt. 383, a 727, crashed on approach to Greater Cincinnati airport; of the 62 people on board, one flight attendant and three passengers survive.

*Controlled Flight into Terrain in deteriorating weather conditions.

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Nov. 8, 1978

The first flight of the Bombardier Challenger 600 took off at Montreal.

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Nov. 8, 1983

A TAAG Angola 737 is shot down just after takeoff from Lubango Airport, in Angola; all 130 on board die.

*Angolan authorities reported the cause of the crash is officially considered to be a mechanical failure.

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Nov. 7, 2018

Sky Lease Cargo Flight 4854, a Boeing 747-400,
overran the runway on landing at Halifax Stanfield Airport, Nova Scotia. The cause of the accident was attributed to pilot fatigue.

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Nov. 7, 2001

Concorde Resumes Flights: The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumed operations following its post-2000 grounding and modifications.

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Nov. 7, 1910

The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight occurs between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio in the United States by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

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Nov. 7, 1976

First flight of the Dassault Falcon 50.

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Nov. 7, 1996

ADC Airlines Flight 086 was a Nigerian domestic flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos. The crew of the Boeing 727-231 operating the flight lost control of the aircraft while avoiding a mid-air collision on approach.