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  • 27 Mar 1977

    Two Boeing 747 planes collided in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

  • 21 Jan 1976

    Concorde takes off on its first scheduled flights.

  • 3 Mar 1974

    All 345 people on board a Turkish Airlines jet die as it plunges to the ground near Paris, France.

  • 17 Dec 1973

    Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.

  • 26 Sep 1973

    Concorde made its first nonstop trip across the Atlantic from Washington, DC, to Paris, France, in a record-breaking time of 3 hours and 32 minutes.

  • 3 Jun 1973

    The world's first supersonic airliner crashes.

  • 23 Dec 1972

    Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.

  • 18 Jun 1972

    118 die in the Staines Air Disaster.

  • 26 Jan 1972

    Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.

  • 24 Nov 1971

    D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.

  • 26 May 1970

    The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

  • 22 Jan 1970

    The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight.

  • 2 Mar 1969

    The Concorde airplane was tested for the first time in Toulouse, France.

  • 9 Feb 1969

    The Boeing 747 flies for the first time.

  • 9 Apr 1967

    The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight.

  • 20 Jun 1966

    Sheila Scott became the first woman to fly solo around the world.

  • 5 Mar 1963

    Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.

  • 27 Nov 1962

    The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.

  • 20 Apr 1962

    Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).

  • 21 Sep 1961

    Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time.

  • 15 Feb 1961

    Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.

  • 24 Jan 1961

    A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.

  • 3 Feb 1959

    Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

  • 26 Oct 1958

    Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.

  • 9 Jun 1958

    Queen Elizabeth II opened London Gatwick Airport.

  • 7 May 1958

    US Air Force Major Howard Johnson set the world aircraft altitude record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. He broke the world altitude record by flying to 91,243 feet.

  • 16 Jul 1957

    US Marine Major John Glenn's 'Project Bullet' broke the transcontinental speed record.

  • 12 Jul 1957

    Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.

  • 24 Feb 1957

    Scandinavian Airlines System created the first route from Europe to the Far East, flying directly over the North Pole.

  • 23 Jul 1956

    Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.

  • 1 Nov 1955

    A bomb hidden in checked luggage of United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Longmont, Colorado killing all 44 people on board.

  • 2 May 1952

    The jet age begins with the first scheduled flight of the De Havilland Comet 1.

  • 15 Apr 1952

    The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.

  • 1 Aug 1951

    Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded.

  • 13 May 1949

    The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.

  • 17 Dec 1947

    The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.

  • 14 Oct 1947

    US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.

  • 24 Sep 1946

    Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flagship airline, was founded.

  • 16 Feb 1946

    The first commercial helicopter, Sikorsky S51, had its first test flight.

  • 28 Jul 1945

    US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.

  • 15 Dec 1944

    Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.

  • 16 Aug 1944

    The Junkers Ju 287, the first jet with forward-swept wings, made its first flight.

  • 6 Jun 1944

    Alaska Airlines started operating.

  • 21 Sep 1942

    Boeing B-29 Superfortress flies for the first time.

  • 6 Jan 1942

    Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.

  • 16 Jun 1941

    Washington National Airport became the US first federal airport.

  • 5 Jan 1941

    Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.

  • 13 May 1940

    Igor Sikorsky pilots his VS-300 helicopter's maiden flight.

  • 6 Mar 1940

    The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.

  • 14 Sep 1939

    The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.

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