This Day in Aviation History
August 13th, 1977
The first gliding test of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, dropped from a modified Boeing 747.
Wikipedia, Space Shuttle Enterprise: http://bit.ly/1pNMbRR
Wikipedia, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: http://bit.ly/1uOEhcr
My source mentions the 13th of August as the day of this test. However it seems as though the test may have been done on the 12th of August.
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