FIRST FLIGHTS

The following listing is of "first flights" in the Antelope Valley.

1942 Oct. 1 XP-59A Bell Airacomet
1944 Jan. 8 XP-80 Lockheed Shooting Star
1945 Sept. 12 XP-79 Northrop Flying Ram
1946 Feb. 28 XP-84 Republic Thunderjet
1946 May 17 XB-43 Douglas
1946 Sept. 12 XFJ-1 North American Fury (Navy)
1946 Dec.9 X-1 Bell (first flight)
1947 March 17 XB-45 North American Tornado
1947 April 2 XB-46 Convair
1947 April 15 D-558-I Douglas Skystreak
1947 Oct. 1 XF-86 North American Sabre
1947 Oct.21 YB-49 Northrop flying wing
1948 Feb. 4 D-558-II Douglas Skyrocket
1948 March 5 XF-87 Curtiss Blackhawk
1948 Aug. 23 XF-85 McDonnell Goblin
1948 Aug. 16 XF-89 Northrop Scorpion
1948 Sept. 18 XF-92A Convair Dart
1948 Oct. 29 XF-88 McDonnell Voodoo
1948 Dec. 16 X-4 Northrop Bantam
1949 May 9 XF-91 Republic Thunderceptor
1949 June 6 XF-90 Lockheed
1949 Dec. 22 F-86D North American
1950 Jan. 25 YF-93 North American (F-86 variant)
1950 May 26 XA-2D-1 Douglas Skyshark (Navy)
1950 June 3 RF-84F Republic Thunderstreak
1951 Jan. 23 XF-4D Douglas Skyray (Navy)
1951 June 20 X-5 Bell
1952 May 19 XF-10F-1 Grumman Jaguar (Navy)
1952 Oct.20 X-3 Douglas Flying Stiletto
1952 Oct. 28 XA-3D Douglas Skywarrior (Navy)
1953 May 25 YF-100 North American Super Sabre
1953 Oct. 14 X-10 North America (remotely piloted)
1953 Oct. 24 YF-102 Convair Delta Dagger
1954 Feb. 28 XF-104 Lockheed Starfighter
1954 June 16 XFV-1 Lockheed
1954 June 22 XA-4D Douglas Skyhawk (Navy)
1954 June 28 B-66 Douglas Destroyer
1954 Aug. 23 YC-130 Lockheed Hercules
1954 Sept. 28 F-101 McDonnell Voodoo
1955 March 25 XF-8A Chance Vought Crusader
1955 Oct. 22 YF-105 Republic Thunderchief
1955 Nov. 18 X-2 Bell (first powered flight)
1955 Dec. 10 X-13 Ryan Vertijet
1956 April 21 F-5D-1 Douglas Skylancer (Navy)
1956 April 23 C-133 Douglas Cargomaster
1956 Sept. 10 YF-107A North American Ultra Sabre
1956 Dec. 26 F-106A Convair Delta Dart
1958 May 30 DC-8 Douglas
1959 April 10 T-38 Northrop "Talon"
1959 June 8 X-15 North American
1959 July 30 N-156F Northrop (became F-5 below)
1963 August M2-F1 NASA-Dryden lifting body
1963 April 18 X-21A Northrop
1963 May F-5A Northrop "Freedom Fighter"
1964 Sept. 21 XB-70 North American "Valkyrie"
1965 Feb. 25 DC-9 Douglas
1966 July 12 M2-F2 Northrop lifting body
1966 Dec. 22 HL-10 Northrop lifting body
1967 Aug. 28 U-2R Lockheed
1969 April 17 X-24A Martin Marietta lifting body
1970 Aug. 29 DC-10 Douglas
*1972 May VariViggen Rutan Aircraft Factory
1972 May 10 YA-10A Farichild Republic Thunderbolt II
1972 May 30 YA-9A Northrop
1972 July 27 F-15 McDonnell Douglas Eagle
1973 Aug. 1 X-24B Martin Marietta lifting body
1974 Feb. 2 YF-16 General Dynamics Fighting Falcon
1974 June 9 YF-17 Northrop (became Navy F-18)
1974 Dec. 23 B-1 Rockwell
*1975 May VariEze Prototype Rutan Aircraft Factory
1975 Aug. 26 YC-15 McDonnell Douglas
*1976 March VariEze Rutan Aircraft Factory
1977 Aug. 12 Space Shuttle Enterprise Rockwell
*1977 November Quickie Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1978 June Defiant Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1979 June Long-EZ Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1979 November AD-1 Rutan Aircraft Company
1981 April 14 Space Shuttle Columbia Rockwell
*1981 September Next Generation Trainer Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1982 January Grizzly Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1982 June Solitaire Rutan Aircraft Factory
1982 Aug. 30 F-20 Northrop "Tigershark"
*1983 January 1983 Microlight Scaled Composites
*1983 August Starship POC Scaled Composites
1984 Dec. 14 X-29A Grumman
*1984 June Voyager Rutan Aircraft Factory
*1984 September Predator Scaled Composites
1985 Oct. 15 T-46 Fairchild Republic
1987 Dec. 2 X-Wing NASA/DARPA/Sikorsky
*1987 December ATTT Scaled Composites
*1987 March CM-144 Scaled Composites
*1988 January Catbird RAF/Scaled Composites
*1988 July Triumph Scaled Composites
1989 July 17 B-2 Northrop Stealth
*1990 February ARES Scaled Composites
1990 Aug. 27 YF-23 Northrop
1990 Sept. 29 YF-22 Lockheed
1990 Oct. 11 X-31 Rockwell
*1991 March Pond Racer Scaled Composites
1991 Sept. 15 C-17 McDonnell Douglas
*1991 October Model 191 Scaled Composites
1993 Dec. 21 Perseus Aurora Flight Sciences/NASA
*1993 April Raptor D-1 Scaled Composites
*1993 August Vantage Scaled Composites
*1994 October Freewing Scaled Composites
*1994 August Raptor D-2 Scaled Composites
1995 July 28 Pathfinder AeroVironment/NASA
1996 March 29 Tier III Minus Lockheed/DARPA/DARO DarkStar
1996 July 1 Theseus Aurora Flight Sciences/NASA
*1996 August Boomerang Rutan Designs
*1996 November Vantage Scaled Composites
*1997 April Spike Scaled Composites
1997 May 17 X-36 McDonnell Douglas/NASA tailless fighter
** 1997 Fall X-38 Scaled Composites/NASA crew return vehicle
** 1997 December Centurion AeroVironment/NASA
** 1999 March X-33 Lockheed/NASA
** 2000 March X-32 Joint Strike Fighter Lockheed
** 2000 March X-35 Joint Strike Fighter Boeing

* Mojave-based Scaled Composites/Rutan Aircraft Factory lists first flights by month
** Estimated first flight