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Flying (Aviator) solo in an aircraft and receiving a relevant flying certificate (pre-1910); or any significant national (e.g., a flight representing a country's first) or international achievement, or flight award (initial record holders or demolishing existing records, but not simply breaking established records);
The Wright Flyer II was the second powered aircraft built by Wilbur and Orville Wright.During 1904 they used it to make a total of 105 flights, ultimately achieving flights lasting five minutes and also making full circles, which was accomplished by Wilbur for the first time on September 20.
The first complete in-flight refueling between two aircraft took place on June 27, 1923, [n 1] when two Boeing-built de Havilland DH-4Bs of the United States Army Air Service accomplished the feat over San Diego's Rockwell Field. Subsequently, the same group of airmen established an endurance record of remaining aloft for more than 37 hours in ...
Aviation entrepreneur Walter T. Varney secured the first contact and took off from Pasco in April 1926. It was the first time he or any other private contractor carried U.S. Air Mail.
Following repairs, the Wrights finally took to the air on December 17, 1903, making two flights each from level ground [71] into a freezing headwind gusting to 27 miles per hour (43 km/h). The first flight, by Orville at 10:35 am, of 120 feet (37 m) in 12 seconds, at a speed of only 6.8 miles per hour (10.9 km/h) over the ground, was recorded ...
AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. It was fitting that the dogfight took ...
First airplane flight across the Irish Sea: was made by Denys Corbett Wilson took 100 minutes to fly a Blériot XI from Goodwick in Wales to Enniscorthy in Ireland, on April 22, 1912. [ 83 ] First take-off by an airplane from a moving ship : Commander Charles R. Samson took off from a platform aboard the battleship HMS Hibernia in a Short ...
Flight 1943 landed wheels up on runway 27 at the Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas. September 16, 1998 Flight 475 from Houston to Guadalajara, a Boeing 737-500, was damaged beyond repair upon exiting the left side of the runway while landing. There were no injuries, and wind shear is suspected to have been a factor. [192] July 25 ...