This Week in Aviation History: July 7 - 11
Over Atlantic City, NJ, Walter Brookins (July 11, 1889 – April 29, 1953) reached an altitude of 6,175 feet in a Wright biplane, becoming the first pilot to fly a mile high.
posted: Monday July 7th - 8:15am
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This Week in Aviation History: June 30 - July 4
The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC), the direct ancestor of the modern United States Air force (USAAF), was formed out of the former Air Services.
posted: Monday June 30th - 7:15am
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This Week in Aviation History: June 23 - 27
The first refueling in mid-air (via hose) between two planes was successfully carried out.
posted: Monday June 23rd - 12:00am
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This Week in Aviation History: June 15
For the first time, mail was successfully transferred from an aircraft in flight to a train.
posted: Monday June 16th - 7:00am
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This Week in Aviation History June 9
The world’s heaviest and largest aircraft, the Soviet-built Antonov An-225, flew from Kiev to Paris on this week in 1989 carrying the Soviet space shuttle on its back. The combined weight of 1.2 million pounds set a record for the greatest weight ever lifted into the air.
posted: Monday June 9th - 6:30am
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This Week in Aviation History: May 26th
Hamilton Standard Propeller Company is awarded the Collier trophy for that year’s outstanding achievement in aviation for their development of the controllable-pitch propeller.
posted: Monday May 26th - 1:52pm
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This Week in Aviation History: May 19-26
Amelia Earhart was said to have followed in the immortal footsteps of aviator Charles Lindbergh, even sharing his visage in pictures, so it was in that spirit that Earhart embarked on a solo flight on May 20, 1932, that would duplicate Lindbergh’s famous solo effort five years before.
posted: Monday May 19th - 1:51pm
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This Week in Aviation History: May 12-19
“I don’t like you because you’re dangerous,” says Iceman. “That’s right! Ice… man.” cracks back Maverick. “I am dangerous.”
posted: Monday May 12th - 1:49pm
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This Week in Aviation History: May 5th
The first successful pressurized airplane cabin is achieved in the Lockheed XC-35. Cabin pressurization is the active pumping of air into an aircraft cabin.
posted: Monday May 5th - 1:48pm
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This Week in Aviation History: April 28th
An international code of air traffic communication is formally established, following the decision to do so at a 1927 conference in Washington DC.
posted: Monday April 28th - 1:46pm
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This Week in Aviation History: April 21st
On this same week, in two different years, marked the first motion pictures (1909) and first news movie (1914) filmed from the air while on board an aircraft.
posted: Monday April 21st - 1:45pm
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This Week in Aviation History: April 14-20
This week in 1925, the U.S. Navy starts a program of daily flights to an altitude of 10,000 ft. with the purpose of obtaining weather data and to test their upper-atmosphere sounding equipment.
posted: Monday April 14th - 6:23am
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This Week in Aviation History: April 7th
Pierre Prier makes the first non-stop passenger flight, traveling from London to Paris and setting a new continuous flight record.
posted: Monday April 7th - 1:24pm
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This Week in Aviation History: March 31st
The world’s first air force is formed in France. The Aerostatic Corps of the Artillery Service set forth a demonstration ascent from the gardens of the Chalais-Meudon on the outskirts of Paris in a hydrogen balloon known as the L’Entreprenant (the Enterprise for you Trekkies).
posted: Monday March 31st - 1:21pm
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This Week in Aviation History: March 24th
FlightSafety, Inc. opens operations at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. Its origins consist of a single secretary and rented-out late night hours on a Link trainer stimulator.
posted: Monday March 24th - 12:49pm
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This Week in Aviation History: March 17th
James L. Kinney makes the first ever cross-country test of blind flying and landing, doing so between College Park, Maryland to Newark, New Jersey.
posted: Monday March 17th - 12:40pm
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This Week in Aviation History: March 10th
NACA test pilot Herbert Henry Hoover becomes the first civilian to exceed the speed of sound.
posted: Monday March 10th - 4:34pm
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This Week in Aviation History: March 3rd
March 8, 1974. Charles de Gaulle Airport at Roissy-en-France is officially opened. The international airport is located just 15.5 miles from the heart of Paris.
posted: Monday March 3rd - 7:40am
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This Week in Aviation History: February 25th
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This Week in Aviation History: February 18th
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This Week in Aviation History: February 11th
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This Week in Aviation History: February 4th
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Week of January 28th
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics increased its emphasis on applied research while under the supervision of Orville Wright.
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Week of January 21st
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Week of January 14th
The largest hot air balloon ever built was the Virgin Pacific Flyer, at 2,600,000 ft.
posted: Monday January 14th - 6:00am
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Week of January 7th
A century before Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel, Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard completed the first flight over the English Channel in a hot air balloon.
posted: Monday January 7th - 6:00am
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Week of December 31st
January 5, 2006. In this week in history, Air Force Lieutenant Col. Martha McSally became the first female officer to lead an entire unit into combat.
posted: Monday December 31st - 6:00am
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Week of December 24th
This week in history holds the birth date of English early-aviation pioneer George Cayley, known today as the “father of flight.”
posted: Monday December 24th - 6:00am
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Week of December 17th
Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully tested the first invented airplane, the Wright Flyer I, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
posted: Monday December 17th - 6:00am
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Week of December 10th
December 12, 1951. It was this week in history when Alaska Air became the first commercial airline to fly over the North Pole.
posted: Monday December 10th - 6:00am
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Week of December 3
December 4, 1991. This week in history Pan American World Airways was dissolved after four months of bankruptcy and sixty-three years of operation. In the dawning of the commercial airline age of the 1930s, Pan Am became principle international carrier in the United States.
posted: Monday December 3rd - 3:49am
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