AviationHistory

On this day in Aviation History.... Please send any important aviation events that I may miss!

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In 1913... Lieutenant Petr Nesterov of the Russian Army in Kiev performs the first loop-the-loop

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In 1783... Jacques Alexandre César Charles flies the first balloon filled with gas rather than fire-heated air using hydrogen

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In 1939... The first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly is Germany's Heinkel 178. A centrifugal flow turbojet engine powers i

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1913. Adolphe Pégoud carries out the 1st parachute descent ever made whereby the parachute is deployed before the pilot leaves the airplane

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In 1919... The first regularly scheduled passenger service by airship begins in Berlin with a Zeppelin LX 120 Bodenese

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In 1901... The Wright brothers leave Kitty Hawk, N.C., at the end of their second season of testing gliders and return to Dayton, Ohio

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In 1840... American Louis Lauriat, whose balloon flies at 21 mph in New Brunswick, makes the first manned balloon flight in Canada.

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1884. Built by Frenchmen Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs, the airship La France is powered by 9 hp electric motor driving 1 large propeller

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In 1956... The Fiat G.91, produced for NATO as a light strike-fighter, makes its first flight. http://t.co/fiOsZg1u

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In 1931... Jim Mollison lands after flying from Australia to England in 10 days, knocking two days off the existing record.

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In 1917... The Morane-Saulnier A. I. Parasol fighter airplane makes its first flight in France.

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The Soviet Mil V-12 carried 40,205.5 kg (88,636 lb.) to a height of 2,255 m (7,400 ft.)

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In 1969... The biggest helicopter ever built, the Soviet Mil V-12 secures an unbeaten world lifting record for rotary-winged aircraft

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1910. An International aviation meeting opens at Lanark, Scotland, drawing a wide range of flyers and airplanes.22 competitors participate

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In 1908... Wilbur Wright makes the first flight using stick controls near Le Mans, France. The flight lasts 1 minute and 45 seconds.

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In 1807... Andre-Jacques Garnerin in Paris, France makes the first night ascent in a balloon

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In 1948... The New York International Airport begins operations and becomes the largest airport in the U.S.

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In 1879... Richard Cowen and Charles Page fly the Canadian, the first balloon to be built in Canada