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27th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Allan Border (Australian cricketer)
Died:
2003 Bob Hope (actor and comedian)
On This Day:
1949 First jet engine airliner flies (De Havilland Comet)
Have a good Friday, 27th July
27th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1837 Wild Bill Hickok (American frontiersman)
Died:
1564 John Calvin (religious reformer and theologian)
On This Day:
1958 First flight of the F-4 Phantom II
Have a good Sunday, 27th May
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27th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1863 Henry Royce (co-founder of Rolls-Royce)
Died:
2002 Dudley Moore (actor and comedian)
On This Day:
1994 The Eurofighter takes its first flight
Have a good Monday 27th March
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12 July – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Bill Crosby (actor and comedian)
Died:
1982 Kenneth More (actor)
On This Day:
1948 First jets fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
Have a good Tuesday, 12th July
Airbus A380 – tenth anniversary
Today sees the 10th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the iconic A380. How times flies!
Happy Birthday!
The question, though, is posed – is there a future for the huge aircraft? Orders remain very low – with nothing since 2013. Airbus executives remain, bullish, expecting the market to steadily (albeit slowly) grow in the coming years.