This Day in Aviation History
May 6th, 1941

First flight of the Republic XP-47B, prototype of the Thunderbolt, the heaviest single-engined aircraft of the war.

Wikipedia:  http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt

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