November 20
In 1919... The 1st municipal airport in the United States opens in Tucson, Arizona and is still in use today.
In 1945... The Boeing B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat sets a world nonstop distance record of 8,198 miles on a flight from Guam to Washington, D.C.
In 1953... The 1st man to exceed Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) is American test pilot Scott Crossfield in a Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket.
In 1963... The first McDonnell-built Air Force Phantoms, F-4Cs, are delivered to a Tactical Air Command squadron.
In 1993... An Avioimpex Yak 42D crashes near Ohrid, Macedonia. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. On landing the aircraft crashed into Mount Trojani near Ohrid. All eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers were killed.
November 21
In 1783... The 1st free or untethered human flight takes place when Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier flies as high as 500 feet and travels 5 miles over Paris in a Montgolfier hot-air balloon.
November 22
In 1898... Wiley Post, American pilot, was born (d. 1935). Wiley Post was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits.
In 1909... Wright Company is incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000,000. Formed to manufacture airplanes, the company’s president is Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville is the vice president.
November 23
In 1942... Dubbed "Flying Flapjack," the most radical conventionally-engined aircraft ever built makes its 1st flight when Chance Vought test pilot, Boone T. Guyton, takes the V-173 into the air.
In 1947... The Convair XC-99 (serial no. 43-52436) makes its first flight, piloted by Russell R. Rogers.
In 1962... United Airlines Flight 297 crashes killing all 17 on-board.
In 1985... Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid.
In 1989... An Airbus A310-300 opens Air France's new direct Lyon/New York service.
In 1996... Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 123.
November 24
In 1955... The prototype Fokker F.27 Friendship medium-range twin-turboprop transport flies for the 1st time.
In 1992... In the People's Republic of China, a China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
November 25
In 1940... First flight of the deHavilland mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
In 1956... U.S. Air Force Sergeant Richard Patton makes the 1st successful parachute jump in Antarctica. He jumps from 1,500 feet as a test to determine the cause of parachute malfunction in sub-zero weather conditions.
In 1956... Eight Boeing B-52s complete a record nonstop flight of 17,000 miles over the North Pole.
November 26
In 1939... British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) is established through the amalgamation of Imperial Airways and British Airways.
In 1943... Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot, dies (b. 1914). O'Hare became the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. O'Hare International Airport was named after him on September 19, 1949.
In 1968... United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
In 2003... Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol, England.
(sorry these are late, I'm trying to get caught up from being off on vacation for a week)