2015 Event Amazon is again exempted from Federal Aviation Administration commercial drone flight prohibitions, allowing it to test delivery drones; the company had to reapply for exemption, as its drone fleet grew outdated while waiting for initial approval 2015 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is planning rules for commercial drones that will limit flights to uncrowded areas within the operator's line of sight, meaning that uses such as package delivery or long-range news reporting are off limits 2014 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration removes its ban on air travel to Israel after concluding that Israel will be able to prevent risks to aircraft during the conflict with Hamas 2011 Event Due to a range of safety concerns, all Tiger Airways flights in Australia are grounded until July 9th by the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority 1994 Death BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79 1994 Death Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 1991 Death Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 1987 Death Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 1981 Death Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 1977 Event 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1963 Death Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies 1958 Death Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84 1955 Death Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 1955 Death Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 1953 Death Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 1948 Death Orville Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies at 76 1947 Event Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect 1947 Event U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms 1944 Event Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago 1937 Death Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 1936 Birthday Richard Bach, born in Oak Park, Illinois, writer, author, best-sellers include, 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 'Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah', genres include aviation, fantasy, philosophy 1936 Event Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey 1935 Death Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1930 Death Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 1929 Birthday Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland 1927 Event Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1921 Death Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies 1921 Birthday Peter Horsley, CEO, Osprey Aviation 1912 Death Wilbur Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies 1912 Birthday Roger Lewis, aviation executive, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am 1910 Death Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies 1899 Birthday Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer 1895 Birthday Reginald J "R" Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer, Spitfire 1894 Birthday Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air 1889 Birthday Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director, KLM 1885 Birthday Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer 1883 Birthday Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil 1880 Birthday Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer 1879 Birthday Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen, WW I 1874 Birthday Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker 1808 Event Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law 1785 Event 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident
