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2009 En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board
2008 Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merge 2003 Air Algrie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103 2002 "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89 2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119 2000 Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143 2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131 1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 1997 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5 1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43 1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive 1996 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84 1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64 1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets 1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) 1995 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air 1995 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air 1995 Mansour Satari, Brigadier-General and commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46 1995 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille 1994 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers 1994 U.S. Air Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board 1994 Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed 1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1994 37 dies in U.S. Air DC-9 crash in NC 1994 U.S. Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed 1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) 1994 WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air 1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen 1993 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 1993 James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96 1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo 1993 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash 1992 WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR 1992 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 1992 U.S. Air goes on strike 1992 Paul E Garber, 1st curator (National Air and Space Museum), dies at 93 1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica 1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris 1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years 1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident 1992 Trump Shuttle becomes U.S. Air Shuttle 1992 U.S. Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1991 Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq 1991 U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334 1991 U.S. Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32 1991 Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15 1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990 1990 Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq 1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days 1990 Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76 1989 Ross Bagley, actor, Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 1989 U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 1987 Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost 1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed 1987 Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air 1987 Naya Rivera, actress, Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1986 Samora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in air crash at 53 1986 Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble 1986 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22 1986 U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing 1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad 1985 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash 1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed 1985 Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989 1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran 1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut 1982 Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air 1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 Jaime Roldos Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash 1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish 1980 Francisco Sa Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal 1980, dies in air crash 1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257 1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 1979 Tatyana M Ali, New York City, actress, Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1978 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force 1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia 1978 Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., retired Air Force general, dies at 58 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1977 Steve Gaines, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in air crash 1977 JoAnn Sevin, born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1976 Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph 1976 Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers 1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo 1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda 1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestral leader (Air time '57), dies at 61 1975 Gunsmoke resigns the air 1974 Air Force fires 1st ICBM 1974 Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air 1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1974 Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle 1996 Olympics 1973 Tyra Banks, model/actress, Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1973 U.S. Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96 1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die 1973 At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes 1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims 1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber 1972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 1972 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps 1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75 1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 1969 Russ Bender, actor and writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59 1968 Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R. 1968 John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58 1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air 1967 Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City 1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76 1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1964 Theodore C Freeman, astronaut, dies at 34 in a T-38 jet air crash 1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots 1964 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer, dies in air crash at 39 1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) 1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal 1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons 1962 Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms 1962 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996 1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1959 1st U.S. Air Force Academy graduation 1959 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo 1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air) 1958 Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo 1958 Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96 1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) 1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk 1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash 1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1957 David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress, Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1956 Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile 1954 Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened 1954 U.S. Air Force Academy forms 1954 U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, established 1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service 1953 "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC 1953 Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1952 Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1952 John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances 1951 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River 1951 Rex Goh, rock guitarist, Air Supply 1951 Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1949 David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply 1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives) 1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 1st air bombing of Jerusalem 1948 Frank Estersmith, born in Australia, rocker, Air Supply 1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier 1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service 1947 USAF (U.S. Air Force) forms 1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island 1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City 1947 Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash 1947 Terry Sylvester, rocker, Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe 1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF 1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1945 U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald 1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz 1945 Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa 1945 Allied air raid on Neurenberg 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels 1944 U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 U.S. air raid on Ambon 1944 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed 1944 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed 1944 U.S. air raid on Palembang 1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours 1944 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany 1944 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity 1944 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris 1944 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland 1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1944 Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner 1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux 1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1944 O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1944 U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1944 Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 1943 Tony Hicks, rocker, Hollies-The Air That I Breathe 1943 RAF begins air bombing of Berlin 1943 U.S. air raid on Rabaul 1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt 1943 U.S. air raid on Wake 1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1943 U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen 1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide 1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt 1943 1st allied air raid on Borneo 1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1943 British air raid sinks U-435 1943 British air raid sinks U-232 1943 Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1943 Elsie S. Ott becomes 1st woman awarded U.S. Air Force Medal 1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid 1943 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) 1943 1st U.S. air raid on Ambon 1942 Allies air attack on Den Helder 1942 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe 1942 U.S. air offensive against nazi-Germany begins 1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor 1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1941 Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu 1941 U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes 1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide 1941 British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied 1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 German air raid on Liverpool 1941 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee 1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal 1941 War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets 1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns 1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1940 British air raid on Mannheim 1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet 1940 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa 1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed 1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 1940 "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins 1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1940 Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard 1940 Frank Lorenzo, airline executive, Continental, Texas Air, Eastern 1940 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt 1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow 1940 U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York 1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa 1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki 1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill 1939 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry 1939 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper 1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service 1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio 1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense 1937 Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open 1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s) 1937 U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio 1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid 1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight 1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York 1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal 1935 Kenneth Hayr, air marshal 1935 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe 1934 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power 1934 "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race 1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56 1934 WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air 1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months 1933 Air France forms 1933 WNJ-AM in Newark New Jersey goes off the air 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 1932 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO 1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began 1930 Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air 1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down 1929 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland 1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic 1926 Air Commerce Act passes 1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1926 French air force bombs Damascus, Syria 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S. 1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight 1924 David Atkinson, British air marshal 1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist 1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81 1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route 1921 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco 1921 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service 1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station 1920 U.S. Air Mail service begins (New York City to San Francisco) 1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal 1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England 1920 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1919 1st transcontinental air race ends 1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam 1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown) 1919 Charles Pringle, British air marshal 1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1919 Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal 1919 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia 1919 Alex Nicol, Ossining, New York, actor, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet 1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1917 Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) 1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London 1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 1916 1st (German) air attack on London 1916 John Lapsley, British air marshal 1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II 1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England 1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London 1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orchestral leader, Air Time '57 1914 Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story 1914 U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps 1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway 1914 W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1913 Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal 1913 Ernest Sidey, British air marshal 1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal 1912 John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez 1912 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist 1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot 1911 Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air 1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba 1911 SF has it's 1st air meet 1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England) 1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) 1910 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA 1909 Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1909 John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force 1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal 1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers 1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens 1908 Thomas E Selfridge, earlier U.S. aviator, 1st to die in an air crash 1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal 1907 World's 1st air force established in the U.S. Army 1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal 1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1906 Curtis E Le May, air force general/Vice Presidential candidate 1906 Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal 1906 Willa B Brown, Coffey, U.S. black air pioneer, NAAA 1904 Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places 1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall 1902 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall 1899 Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum 1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer, Northrop Air 1895 John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man 1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air 1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 1892 Charles Delaney, New York City, actor, Air Police, Lonesome Trail 1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II 1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, WW II 1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1878 Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains 1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind 1602 Otto von Guericke, inventor, air pump |
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