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| Posted by on Wednesday, October 21 @ 00:00:00 BST (298 reads) |
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| Posted by meghann on Monday, August 07 @ 10:57:39 BST (2374 reads) |
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Transcripts from plane crash
will reveal how Cronje died
By DEON VAN DER MERWE |
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| Posted by meghann on Thursday, July 27 @ 07:49:35 BST (434 reads) |
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Armenian A320 crashes into Black Sea; over 100 killed.
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| Posted by meghann on Thursday, July 27 @ 07:43:36 BST (307 reads) |
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45 killed in Pakistani airliner crash. |
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New Airbus A380 Evacuation
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| Posted by meghann on Tuesday, July 25 @ 00:00:00 BST (733 reads) |
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Lufthansa provides cabin crew / Upper and lower passenger decks evacuated in ... |
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| Posted by meghann on Monday, July 24 @ 13:18:14 BST (1865 reads) |
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World records in the Aviation industry. |
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| Posted by meghann on Monday, July 24 @ 09:30:41 BST (948 reads) |
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FAMOUS FLIGHTS IN HISTORY (1903-1918)
Dec. 17, 1903. Orville and Wilbur Wright make first successful flight, at Kitty Hawk, N.C.; 120 feet in 12 seconds.
Oct. 23, 1906. Alberto Santos-Dumont makes first officially observed flight in Europe, nearly 200 feet in 6 seconds, in France.
July 25, 1909. Louis Bleriot of France in Bleriot XI, which he designed, makes first crossing of English Channel by airplane, 25 miles in 37 minutes.
Aug. 22-29, 1909. Glenn H. Curtiss in Golden Flyer wins first James Gordon Bennett international airplane race and other events.
May 28, 1910. Glenn H. Curtiss flies Hudson Flyer in record flight, 135.4 miles, from Albany to New York City, in 2 hours, 32 minutes.
Nov. 14, 1910. Eugene Ely takes off from deck of U.S. cruiser Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Va., in first flight from deck of a ship.
Sept. 17-Dec. 10, 1911. Calbraith P. Rodgers in Wright EX Vin Fiz makes first transcontinental flight, 4,231 miles, from Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, N.Y., to Long Beach, Calif., in 84 days and 70 hops; flying time, 82 hours, 14 minutes.
Sept. 23, 1911. Earle L. Ovington in Bleriot monoplane flies first officially sanctioned airmail in U.S., from Hempstead to Mineola, Long Island, N.Y.
May 13, 1913. Igor Sikorsky, Russian engineer, flies Grand, first four-engine airplane.
Jan. 1, 1914. Anthony Jannus in Benoist flying boat begins world's first scheduled airline service with heavier-than-air craft, from Tampa to St. Petersburg, Fla.
May 15, 1918. U.S. Army pilots in Curtiss JN4-H Jennies begin first continuous scheduled public-service airmail in U.S. between New York City and Washington, D.C., via Philadelphia.
TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHTS (1919-1938)
May 8-31, 1919. U.S. Navy flying boat NC-4 makes first transatlantic flight, 4,526 miles, from Rockaway, N.Y., to Plymouth, England, via Newfoundland, Azores, Lisbon, Portugal, and other intermediate stops, in 53 hours, 58 minutes.
June 14-15, 1919. Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A.W. Brown of Britain in Vickers-Vimy bomber make first nonstop transatlantic flight, 1,960 miles, from Newfoundland to Ireland, in 16 hours, 12 minutes.
Nov. 12-Dec. 10, 1919. Captains Ross and Keith Smith and two crewmen in Vickers-Vimy fly from Hounslow, England, to Darwin, Australia, 11,130 miles, in 27 days, 20 hours; flying time, 124 hours.
July 15-Oct. 20, 1920. U.S. Army Air Service pilots in four De Havilland DH-4-B biplanes make New York-Alaska flight and back, 9,329 miles, in 112 flying hours.
May 2-3, 1923. Lieutenants John A. Macready and Oakley G. Kelly fly Fokker T-2 monoplane in first nonstop transcontinental flight, 2,516 miles, from New York City to San Diego, Calif., in 26 hours, 50 minutes, 3 seconds.
April 6-Sept. 28, 1924. Two U.S. Army Douglas World Cruisers Chicago and New Orleans make first around-the-world flight, 26,345 miles, from Seattle, Wash., in 175 days, flying time, 363 hours, 7 minutes.
May 8-9, 1926. Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly Fokker trimotor nonstop from Spitsbergen to North Pole and back, 1,545 miles, in 15 1/2 hours.
Dec. 21-May 2, 1927, 1926. U.S. Army Air Service pilots starting with five Loening OA-1 amphibians fly Pan American goodwill flight, over 22,000 miles, from U.S. to Central and South America and back.
May 20-21, 1927. Charles A. Lindbergh flies Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, in first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, 3,600 miles, from New York City to Paris, in 33 1/2 hours.
June 4-5, 1927. Clarence D. Chamberlain and Charles Levine in Bellanca monoplane make first nonstop New York-Germany flight, 3,911 miles, in 43 hours, 49 minutes, 33 seconds.
June 28-29, 1927. U.S. Army Air Corps pilots fly Fokker C-2 trimotor across Pacific, 2,407 miles, from Oakland, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 25 hours, 50 minutes.
July 14-15, 1927. Emory Bronte and Ernest L. Smith are first civilians to make U.S.-Hawaii flight, 2,340 miles, in 25 1/2 hours.
April 12-13, 1928. Gunther von Huenfeld and Capt. Hermann Koehl of Germany and Comdr. James Fitzmaurice of Ireland fly Junkers monoplane Bremen in first nonstop westbound flight over North Atlantic, 2,070 miles, from Ireland to Labrador, in 36 1/2 hours.
May 31-June 10, 1928. Captains Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles T.P. Ulm of Australia and Harry W. Lyon, Jr., and James W. Warner of U.S. in Fokker trimotor Southern Cross make U.S.-Australia flight, more than 8,000 miles, in 83 hours, 19 minutes.
June 17-18, 1928. Amelia Earhart in Fokker trimotor Friendship is first woman to fly Atlantic as a passenger.
Jan. 1-7, 1929. Maj. Carl Spaatz and crew in Fokker C-2 trimotor set refueling endurance record of 150 hours, 40 minutes, 51 seconds, over Los Angeles, Calif.
Sept. 24, 1929. Lieut. James H. Doolittle makes first demonstration of "blind" flight, at Mitchel Field, N.Y.
Nov. 28-29, 1929. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, Harold June, and Capt. Ashley McKinley in Ford trimotor monoplane Floyd Bennett make first flight over South Pole, 1,600 miles, from Little America over pole and back, in 18 hours, 59 minutes.
June 23-July 1, 1931. Wiley Post as pilot and Harold Gatty as navigator fly Lockheed monoplane Winnie Mae in around-the-world flight, 15,477 miles, from Long Island, N.Y., in 14 stops, in 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes; flying time, 107 hours, 2 minutes.
Oct. 4-5, 1931. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., fly Bellanca monoplane Miss Veedol in first nonstop transpacific flight, 4,860 miles, from Tokyo, Japan, to Wenatchee, Wash., in 41 hours, 13 minutes.
May 20-21, 1932. Amelia Earhart in Lockheed Vega monoplane makes first transatlantic solo flight by a woman, 2,026 miles, from Harbour Grace, Nfld., to Londonderry, Ireland, in 15 hours, 18 minutes.
July 1-15, 1933. Gen. Italo Balbo of Italy leads 24 Savoia-Marchetti seaplanes in mass transatlantic flight, 6,100 miles, from Orbetello, Italy, to Chicago, Ill., in 47 hours, 52 minutes.
July 15-22, 1933. Wiley Post flies Lockheed Vega monoplane Winnie Mae in first around-the-world solo flight, 15,596 miles in 11 stops, in 7 days, 8 hours, 49 minutes; flying time, 115 hours, 36 minutes.
Jan. 11-12, 1935. Amelia Earhart makes first solo flight by a woman, from Hawaii to California.
Nov. 22-29, 1935. Capt. Edwin C. Musick in Martin China Clipper flies first regular transpacific airmail, between San Francisco and Hawaii and Manila.
Jan. 19, 1937. Howard Hughes sets transcontinental speed record, 2,453 miles, from Burbank, Calif., to Newark, N.J., in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
July 10-14, 1938. Howard Hughes and crew fly Lockheed "14" around the world, 14,971 miles, from Long Island, in 3 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes.
THE JET ERA BEGINS (1939-1977)
Aug. 27, 1939. Germans fly Heinkel He-178, world's first turbojet airplane, at Rostock, Germany.
Jan. 18, 1942. Last large commercial flying boat in U.S., Sikorsky VS-44A, makes its maiden flight.
Oct. 1, 1942. Robert M. Stanley flies first U.S. jet plane, Bell XP-59 Airacomet, at Muroc, Calif.
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1946. Comdr. Thomas D. Davis and crew of three other U.S. Navy fliers in Lockheed P2V Neptune Truculent Turtle flies nonstop from Perth, Australia, to Columbus, Ohio, 11,235.6 miles in 55 1/4 hours.
Aug. 7-10, 1947. William P. Odom in Douglas A-26 flies solo around the world, 19,645 miles, in 3 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes, 11 seconds.
Oct. 14, 1947. Maj. Charles E. Yeager of USAF flies Bell X-1, first plane to fly faster than sound.
Feb. 26-March 2, 1949. Capt. James Gallagher and crew of 13 fly USAF Boeing B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II in first nonstop around-the-world flight, 23,452 miles (four in-flight refuelings), in 3 days, 22 hours, 1 minute.
Sept. 22, 1950. Two USAF Republic F-84-Es fly first nonstop jet transatlantic flights (three in-flight refuelings).
May 2, 1952. British Overseas Airways Corporation with De Havilland Comets begins first turbojet airline service, between London and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jan. 16-18, 1957. Three B-52 Stratofortresses make first nonstop jet around-the-world flight, 24,325 miles (three in-flight refuelings), in 45 hours, 20 minutes.
Oct. 26, 1958. Pan American World Airways begins first regular jet service between New York City and Paris, using American-built Boeing 707 jet transports.
Jan. 25, 1959. American Airlines, using Boeing 707s begins transcontinental jet service between Los Angeles and New York City; 4 hours, 3 minutes, 53.8 seconds.
July 17, 1962. North American rocket research plane X-15 penetrates outer space.
March 19-April 17, 1964. Jerrie Mock makes first around-the-world solo flight by a woman; flies a single-engine Cessna 22,858.8 miles, in 21 stops.
Sept. 1, 1974. Transatlantic speed record of 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56 seconds set by USAF Lockheed SR-71.
Jan. 21, 1976. Regular supersonic transport service begins with Concorde flights from Britain to Bahrain and from France to Brazil.
Oct. 28-30, 1977. Pan American Boeing 747 sets speed record for circling globe over both poles on
26,383-mile passenger flight from San Francisco; elapsed time, including three on-ground refuelings: 54 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds.
ALTERNATIVE AIRCRAFT (1979-1986)
June 12, 1979. Bryan Allen, who helped develop first successful human-powered aircraft with Paul MacCready in 1977, pedals chain-driven Gossamer Albatross across English Channel.
Aug. 7, 1980. Janice Brown pilots Paul MacCready's Gossamer Penguin, first solar-powered aircraft without battery-stored energy, in 15-minute test flight in California.
July 7, 1981. MacCready's Solar Challenger is first solar-powered aircraft to cross English Channel.
Dec. 14-23, 1986. Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, is first craft to fly around the world without refueling.
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