aviation

Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1794	Jun	26	Fleuris Battle: First Successful Use Of Military Aircraft
1903	Mar	31	Pearse Flies In Early Aircraft
1906	Sep	13	European Fixed-wing Aircraft Flight
1910	Jul	16	The First Australian Flight Was By John Duigan
1910	Oct	15	Airship Launches Attempt To Cross Atlantic
1911	Jan	26	Glenn Curtiss Flies First Successful American Seaplane
1919	Jul	06	The British Dirigible Lands
1923	Jan	09	Cierva Makes First Autogyro Flight
1923	Sep	04	USS Airship Shenandoah's Maiden Flight
1924	Apr	06	First Round-the-world Flight Commences
1926	Apr	06	Varney Makes First Commercial Flight
1927	Jun	29	Turnbull's Controllable-pitch Propeller Now Tested
1928	Mar	21	Charles Lindbergh Is Given The Medal Of Honor
1929	Aug	08	Zeppelin Begins Round-the-world Flight
1931	Mar	26	Swissair Is Switzerland National Airline
1932	Oct	15	Tata Airlines Makes First Flight
1935	Apr	12	First Flight Of The Bristol Blenheim
1936	Apr	15	Aer Lingus Founded By Irish Government
1936	Jun	26	Focke-Wulf Fw 61 Practical Helicopter Flies
1936	Dec	21	Junkers Ju 88 First Flight
1937	Apr	09	First Japanese-built Aircraft Flies In Europe
1939	Mar	30	Heinkel Fighter Sets Airspeed Record
1939	Jun	01	German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Fighter-bomber's First Flight
1939	Dec	29	Consolidated B24 Liberator Flight
1942	Sep	07	B-32 Takes It's First Flight
1942	Nov	06	Heinkel He 219 Test Flight Held
1943	Mar	05	Gloster Meteor , U K, First Flight
1943	Oct	26	Pfeil's Maiden Flight Occurs During WWII
1944	Aug	16	First Flight Of The Junkers Ju 287
1945	May	29	B-32 Completes First Combat Mission
1946	Jul	26	Aloha Airlines Begins Service From Honolulu
1947	Dec	17	B-47 Initial Test Flight Begun
1948	Dec	28	Miami: DC-3 Airliner Disappears
1950	Jan	14	Prototype Of MiG-17's Maiden Flight
1952	May	02	The De Havilland Comet 1 Flew
1957	Oct	04	Avro Arrow Roll-out Ceremony At Their Ontario Plant
1957	Oct	24	U.S. Air Force Starts Dyna-Soar
1958	May	18	Starfighter Sets World Speed Record
1958	Oct	26	First Boeing 707 Flight For Pan Am
1960	Jan	06	Flight 2511 Is Destroyed In Mid-air
1964	Apr	17	Jerrie Mock Circumavigate World By Air
1965	Apr	04	Saab Unveiled The New Viggen Fighter
1965	Aug	31	Super Guppy Makes Maiden Flight
1969	Apr	01	Hawker Siddeley Harrier Enters RAF Service
1969	Aug	17	Hurricane Camille Kills 256 On Gulf Coast
1972	Apr	10	B-52 Bombers Begin Bombing North Vietnam
1972	May	10	First Flight Of A-10 Thunderbolt II
1972	Oct	13	174 Killed In Aeroflot Ilyushin-62 Crash
1973	Jan	22	Boeing 707 Explosion Causes 176 Deaths
1977	Aug	23	The Gossamer Condor Wins The Kremer Prize
1989	Mar	09	Eastern Air Lines Files For Bankruptcy
1994	Jun	12	Boeing 777 Makes Its First Flight
1995	Jun	07	United Airlines Begins Flying Boeing 777s
1998	Sep	02	Swissair Flight 111 Crashes In Nova Scotia
2005	Dec	15	Martin F-22 Raptor Active In USAF
2008	Feb	23	Guam: U.S. B-2 Spirit Bomber Crashes
2009	Dec	15	Dreamliner's Maiden Flight Was To Seattle, Washington
2013	Feb	26	A Hot Air Balloon Near Egypt Killing 19 People
2013	Mar	04	Congo: Plane Crash Kills 6

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