Nov 12 – 1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

Nov 12 – 1976 – Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer dies.

Nov 12 – 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

Nov 12 – 1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

Nov 12 – 1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.

Nov 12 – 2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

Nov 12 – 2006 – General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II dies.

l’ve been interested in Military Aircraft for 50 yrs, this is a great place for me to be.

We do seem to have a rather oversensitive poster on here…….;)

It’s probably due to the fact that l’ve suffered with Bi-Polar Disorder for over 20 yrs – I’M SERIOUS

Take off, Right turn, Observe other traffic, Landing checks, Land and full stop.

SAME TO YOU WITH KNOBS ON!!!!!!!!

What is going on here is that we have an ab-initio poster, who has received more attention from mods than I have ever seen who seems to have his own agenda not necessarily related to aircraft, aviation or associated subjects. 😉

Am l the ab-initio poster? If so, what does ab-initio mean?

FYI l served as a Medic in the RAF from 1960 till 1971. I was stationed at RAF Cosford, RAF Hospital Nocton Hall, RAF Tobruk/El Adem, RAF Bicester, RAF Hospital Cosford & RAF Catterick.

After drag racing my 2nd interest is military aircraft.

Because the 6 listed anniversaries, apart from the first, are not that significant, are they? And I don’t think any of us needed reminding of the first.

If that’s your attitude – delete it!!!!!!!!!!!!

You’re not planning to post one of these threads every day, are you?

If so, you might care to reconsider….

This is for General Dicsussion so why would l want to reconsider?