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  • 27 Aug 1939

    The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.

  • 28 Jun 1939

    The world's first scheduled transatlantic flight takes off.

  • 30 Mar 1939

    The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).

  • 10 Jul 1938

    Aviator Howard Hughes started his around-the-world flight.

  • 2 Jul 1937

    American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.

  • 12 Apr 1937

    The first aircraft jet engine is successfully tested.

  • 18 Mar 1937

    The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.

  • 26 Jun 1936

    The world's first practical helicopter lifts off.

  • 22 Feb 1935

    Planes were banned from passing over the White House.

  • 10 Oct 1933

    United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion.

  • 22 Jul 1933

    American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth.

  • 28 Mar 1933

    An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.

  • 21 May 1932

    Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.

  • 20 May 1932

    Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.

  • 23 Jun 1931

    Duo Wiley Post and Harold Catty started their 15,474-mile around the world flight from Long Island, New York.

  • 27 May 1931

    The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.

  • 2 Sep 1930

    Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.

  • 24 May 1930

    Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia.

  • 15 May 1930

    Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.

  • 20 Aug 1929

    The ''LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin” returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.

  • 7 Mar 1929

    The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.

  • 1 Oct 1928

    Newark Liberty International Airport opened, becoming the first airport in the New York City metropolitan area.

  • 17 Jun 1928

    Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

  • 9 Jun 1928

    Charles Kingsford Smith completes the world's first trans-Pacific flight.

  • 29 Jun 1927

    The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.

  • 21 May 1927

    In the Spirit of St Louis, Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first-ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.

  • 8 May 1927

    The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear.

  • 12 May 1926

    The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.

  • 9 May 1926

    The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.

  • 6 Apr 1924

    A team of aviators begins the first round-the-world flight in history.

  • 7 Oct 1919

    The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

  • 25 Aug 1919

    The first daily passenger air service began, going from London to Paris.

  • 14 Jun 1919

    Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

  • 16 May 1919

    Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.

  • 20 Apr 1918

    Nazi-German ace fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shot down his final two victims.

  • 5 May 1917

    Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot after acquiring his pilot's license from the Aéro-Club de France.

  • 15 Jul 1916

    Boeing was incorporated by William E. Boeing.

  • 22 Mar 1914

    The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled flight.

  • 13 May 1913

    The first four-engine aircraft was built and flown by Igor Sikorsky.

  • 7 Jun 1912

    Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.

  • 16 Apr 1912

    Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.

  • 11 Oct 1910

    Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.

  • 28 Mar 1910

    Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the world's first seaplane in Martinique, France.

  • 7 Sep 1909

    French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.

  • 16 Jun 1909

    Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.

  • 8 Aug 1908

    Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time.

  • 13 Nov 1907

    French engineer Paul Cornu flew his first helicopter in Normandy.

  • 22 May 1906

    The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their 'flying machine' after applying for it three years earlier.

  • 9 Nov 1904

    The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.

  • 20 Sep 1904

    Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight.

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