Hello Folks, welcome back to our little weekly get together where we all find out what happened during This Week In Military Aviation History. On the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum Website Message Board I post Today In Military History, which has turned out to be a much broader subject. I have had to sort of specialize in the two World Wars, Korea and Vietnam. This, of course, still includes the aviation portion, but expands to the battles that took place. I’m thinking of including the political portion. Boy, if I keep this up, my shortest post of the day is going to become the longest. But it would be in keeping with one of my goals - Have Fun and Learn Something.
Be Safe,
Tom K.

23 February 1912
The War Department first officially recognized the Military Aviator rating. 

21 February 1916
Zeppelin LZ47 was attacked and destroyed in a raid.

19 February 1936
Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, the United States Army Air Corps’ advocate of air power, died in the Doctor’s Hospital in New York.

24 February 1941
The 2-engine Manchester bomber, was used for the first time during an RAF raid against Brest.

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This is a list of updated/new files for the Warbird Registry for February.

P-51 Mustang “Twilight Tear”

Warbird Registry
Harvard - RCAF 2914
P-51 Mustang - 44-63864 - “Twilight Tear”
PBY Catalina - Bu. 68013
Seafire - SX336
SNJ-4 - Bu. 51584
Texan - 44-81210
Texan - 44-81889

Post WWII Recips/Turboprop:

Gannet - XA331
Gannet - WA434
Gannet - WG888
P2V Neptune - Bu. 124904
P2V Neptune - Bu. 128346
P2V Neptune - Bu. 135588
P2V Neptune - Bu. 140154
P2V Neptune - Bu. 140972
P2V Neptune - Bu. 143173
P2V Neptune - Bu. 145905
P2V Neptune - Bu. 148338
P2V Neptune - Bu. 148356
P2V Neptune - Bu. 150279

Jet Registry

A-5 Vigilante - Bu. 146697
CL-13 Sabre - RCAF 23306
CL-13 Sabre - RCAF 23315
CL-13 Sabre - RCAF 23367
F-14 Tomcat - Bu. 157984
F-14 Tomcat - Bu. 162689
F-86 Sabre - 52-4731
F-86 Sabre - 52-4959
F-86 Sabre - 52-5747
F-86 Sabre - 53-1511
Harrier - Bu. 159232
Harrier - Bu. 1613396
Harrier - XZ997

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Warbird Adventures Inc is a company based out of Kissimee, FL that offers rides and flight experiences in thier T-6/SNJ WWII trainers. This is an amazing experience and well worth the money, especially for those non-pilots out there. Here’s your chance to actually fly an aircraft and see what it’s like to be 3,000 feet up and inverted. One of thier pilots, Chuck Gardner, put together a video that he has put up on YouTube and here it is…

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Hello Folks, here in Rochester, New York we’re having our first substantial snowstorm in two years. The roads are a mess, the schools are closed, and tomorrow doesn’t look very good either. I still think it’s payback for the mild start to the winter season we had. At least I don’t have to go out if I don’t choose to, which is fine by me. I’ve walked and taken buses through my fair share of winter storms. So now I’m warm and comfortable typing away on my ‘puter. Isn’t life grand?
Be Safe,
Tom K.

17 February 1912
French military aircraft made their first flights in Algeria.
The first pilot physical examination requirements were published by the Army.

15 February 1915
Russian Ilya Mouromets reconnaissance bombers attacked targets along the Vistula river in Poland.

17 February 1915
Zeppelin LZ34 (L3) was stranded and destroyed in a gale at Jutland.

18 February 1918
The first American fighter squadron, the 95th Aero (Pursuit) Squadron, arrived in France.

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