Which aircraft embarked on its maiden flight first?

Question

What is the first flight date of some iconic aircraft such as the Ford Trimotor, Bell X-1, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, etc.?

Answer 1

There are 100s of aircraft listed on this Wiki page; you need to check each of them to find their first flight date. I checked some of them, but not all.

Here is the list of 60 famous aircraft with their first flight date:

• Airbus A300  (October 28, 1972)
• Airbus A320 airliner  (February 22, 1987)
• Airbus A380  (April 27, 2005)
• Airbus A400M  (December 11, 2009)
• Antonov An-225 Mriya  (December 21, 1988)
• Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing  (November 4, 1932)
• Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey  (March 19, 1989)
• Bell X-1  (January 19, 1946)
• Blériot XI  (January 23, 1909)
• Boeing 737  (April 9, 1967)
• Boeing 747  (February 9, 1969)
• Boeing 777  (June 12, 1994)
• Boeing 777X  (January 25, 2020)
• Boeing 787 Dreamliner  (December 15, 2009)
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress  (July 28, 1935)
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress  (September 21, 1942)
• Cessna 172  (June 12, 1955)
• Cessna 208 Caravan  (December 9, 1982)
• Cirrus SR22  (January 1, 2000)
• Comac C919  (May 5, 2017)
• Consolidated B-24  (December 29, 1939)
• Dassault Falcon 7X  (May 5, 2005)
• de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver  (August 16, 1947)
• de Havilland Comet  (July 27, 1949)
• Douglas DC-3  (December 17, 1935)
• F-16 Fighting Falcon  (January 20, 1974)
• Ford Trimotor  (June 11, 1926)
• General Atomics MQ-1 Predator  (July 3, 1994)
• General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon  (January 20, 1974)
• Gossamer Albatross  (June 12, 1979)
• Grumman Gulfstream I  (August 14, 1958)
• Gulfstream G500  (May 18, 2015)
• Hughes H-4 Hercules  (November 2, 1947)
• Lockheed A-12  (April 25, 1962)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules  (August 23, 1954)
• Lockheed Constellation  (January 9, 1943)
• Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor  (September 7, 1997)
• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II  (December 15, 2006)
• Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star  (January 8, 1944)
• Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird  (December 22, 1964)
• Lockheed U-2  (August 1, 1955)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21  (June 16, 1955)
• Mil Mi-24  (September 19, 1969)
• Mitsubishi Regional Jet  (November 11, 2015)
• North American B-25 Mitchell  (August 19, 1940)
• North American P-51 Mustang  (October 26, 1940)
• Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit  (July 17, 1989)
• Piaggio P.180 Avanti  (September 23, 1986)
• Pilatus PC-12  (May 31, 1991)
• Piper Arrow  (January 14, 1960)
• Piper J-3 Cub  (January 1, 1938)
• Piper PA-28 Cherokee  (January 14, 1960)
• Richard Pearse  (March 31, 1903)
• Robinson R22  (August 28, 1975)
• Rutan VariEze  (May 21, 1975)
• Spirit of St. Louis  (April 28, 1927)
• Supermarine Spitfire  (March 5, 1936)
• Tupolev Tu-154  (October 4, 1968)
• Vought F4U Corsair  (May 29, 1940)
• Wright brothers Wright Flyer  (December 17, 1903)