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29th November 1929: Richard E. Byrd completes the first flight over the South Pole

  • 29th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Antarctica, Exploration, South Pole, United States, USA

The four-man crew boarded a Ford Trimotor airplane, and at 1am on 29 November reached the South Pole where they flew beyond and to the left and right in case of any navigational errors.

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23rd October 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman to pilot an aircraft in public

  • 23rd October 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Flight, Technology, Women

She continued making exhibition flights until 1916, earning her the nickname the ‘Tomboy of the Air’.

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20th October 1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashes during an emergency landing, killing three members of the band

  • 20th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Culture, Louisiana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Music, United States, USA

Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing singer Cassie Gaines were all killed in the crash.

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6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • 6th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Bomb, Japan, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

On the 6th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay.

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25th July 1909: Louis Blériot makes the first powered cross-Channel flight

  • 25th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Aviation, Daily Mail, English Channel, Flight, France, Invention, Science, Technology

French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.

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21st May 1927 & 1932: First male & female solo transatlantic flights

  • 21st May 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, France, Ireland, Technology, USA, Women

On the 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic when he flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris.

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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

  • 8th May 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

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8th March 1910: First female pilot’s license awarded to French actress Raymonde de Laroche

  • 8th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Equality, Flight, France, Raymonde de Laroche, Women

Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a Parisian plumber.

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26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

  • 26th February 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Germany, Goering, Hitler, Luftwaffe, Nazi, Soviet Union, Spanish Civil War, Treaty of Versailles, USSR

The German Empire established its first air force, the Fliegertruppe, in 1910 which saw extensive action in the First World War.

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9th February 1969: First test flight of Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’

  • 9th February 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Science, Technology, Transport, USA

On the 9th February 1969, the first test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ took place.

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