Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the North American AJ Savage
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 3, 2025
Navy North American AJ-1 Savage (BuNo 122590) in flight over southern California (USA). This was the first production aircraft, and it already crashed and burned near Bedford, Virginia (USA) on 22 June 1950 on a ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (USA).
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