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1911 - First deck take-off and landing (Eugene Ely) | ||
1927 - Winning of the Orteig Prize (Spirit of St Louis) | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1929 - Filming of Hell's Angels | More information | |
1939 - First jet-powered aircraft (Heinkel He 178) | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1947 - Bell X-1 breaks the sound barrier | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1947 - The flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1948 - The Berlin Airlift | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1952 - Comet first passenger jet service flight | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1955 - "Tex" Johnston performs 707 barrel roll | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1961 - Yuri Gagarin first manned space flight | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1968 - Apollo 8 crew see first Earthrise | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1969 - Apollo 11 Moon landing | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1969 - Concorde first flight | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1981 - First Space Shuttle launch | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1982 - Operation Black Buck | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1986 - Mir launched into orbit | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1986 - Voyager first unrefuelled around-the-world flight | AirSpace images/discussion | |
1996 - Introduction of EGPWS | AirSpace images/discussion | |
2003 - Concorde last flight | AirSpace images/discussion | |
2005 -A380 first flight | AirSpace images/discussion |
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