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Today, that airplane is known as the de Havilland No. 1. De Havilland had borrowed £1,000 from his grandfather, and together with fellow engineer Francis Trounson Hearle, built an airplane. The de Havilland No. 1 was a single-engine, single-place, three-bay biplane in a pusher configuration.
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2016年9月28日 · Today in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. nonstop. Earhart piloted her Lockheed Vega 5B from Los Angeles to Newark in a record 19 hours and 5 minutes. On this day in 1909, some of the world's leading aviators met at a racetrack in Reims, France, to compete in the first organized international air meet.
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4 天之前 · Joseph R. Holzapple enlisted as an aviation cadet in the Air Corps, United States Army, 31 December 1940. At the time, he was 5 feet, 8 inches (1.68 meters) tall and weighed 146 pounds (66 kilograms). He completed his flight training and on 16 August 1941, was commissioned a second lieutenant, Air Reserve.
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2 天之前 · Raised in Fullerton, California, Adam has earned a bachelor's degree in history and is now pursuing his master's in the same field. Fascinated by aviation history from a young age, he has visited numerous air museums across the United States, including the National Air and Space Museum and the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
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6 天之前 · 27 November 1957: “Four U.S. Air Force pilots of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing successfully completed Operation Sun Run by establishing three new transcontinental speed records in a McDonnell RF-101C aircraft.
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Today in airline history lists historical airline events that happened on this day around the world. This collection goes back over 100 years with 6728 + events currently recorded in the airline database. This list gets updated frequently with new airline events that …
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1970 – US aircraft begin the first major bombing campaign of North Vietnam since 1968. 300 aircraft attack the Mu Gia and Ban Gari passes. 1959 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202, a Douglas DC-4, crashes after an apparent in-flight fire, killing 24 of 27 on board.
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Facts, records and events that can be found in the exhibits of the Cradle of Aviation Museum. April 8, 1940 - The US Navy contracts with Grumman for two prototypes of the XTBF-1, later named “Avenger,” a mid-wing monoplane that would become the Navy’s standard carrier torpedo bomber of World War II.
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26 May 1953 (USA) — the North American Aviation YF-100 “Super Sabre” exceeds Mach 1 on its initial flight. 26 May 1970 (Russia) — The prototype Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner reaches a speed of 1,335 mph, becoming the first commercial transport in the world to exceed Mach 2.