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June 15:
In 1785... 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident.
In 1910... The world’s youngest flyer, 15-year-old Frenchman Marcel Hanriot, gets his pilot’s brevet, no. 15.
In 1916... The Boeing's first aircraft (the B&W) flies for the first time.
In 1919... First flight across the Atlantic (Alcock and Brown).
In 1921... The First U.S. Black female pilot, Bessie Coleman, recevied her license.
In 1928... An Imperial Airways AW Argosy piloted by Gordon Olley races the London and North Eastern Railway’s Flying Scotsman train the 390 miles from London to Edinburgh; the Argosy takes 84 minutes to refuel twice en route and beats the train by only 15 minutes.
In 1928... Mail is successfully transferred from an airplane in flight to a train as Lt. Karl S. Axtater flies directly over an Illinois Central train and transfers a mail bag to a railway clerk.
In 1943... The first operational jet-bomber, the German-built Arado Ar-234 Blitz, makes its first flight.
In 1992... 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years.
In 1992... Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC).
In 1785... 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident.
In 1910... The world’s youngest flyer, 15-year-old Frenchman Marcel Hanriot, gets his pilot’s brevet, no. 15.
In 1916... The Boeing's first aircraft (the B&W) flies for the first time.
In 1919... First flight across the Atlantic (Alcock and Brown).
In 1921... The First U.S. Black female pilot, Bessie Coleman, recevied her license.
In 1928... An Imperial Airways AW Argosy piloted by Gordon Olley races the London and North Eastern Railway’s Flying Scotsman train the 390 miles from London to Edinburgh; the Argosy takes 84 minutes to refuel twice en route and beats the train by only 15 minutes.
In 1928... Mail is successfully transferred from an airplane in flight to a train as Lt. Karl S. Axtater flies directly over an Illinois Central train and transfers a mail bag to a railway clerk.
In 1943... The first operational jet-bomber, the German-built Arado Ar-234 Blitz, makes its first flight.
In 1992... 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years.
In 1992... Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC).