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51 | 41 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:16:00 | Aircraft Type Nieuport IV | FIRST: pilot to fly a loop was Pyotr Nesterov in a Nieuport IV, on September 9, 1913. | ||
52 | 40 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:15:00 | Airline St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line | FIRST: scheduled airline using a winged aircraft was SPT Airboat Line, providing service between St. Petersburg and neighboring Tampa across Tampa Bay in 1914. | ||
53 | 39 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:14:00 | Aircraft Type Voisin III | FIRST: aircraft to shoot down another aircraft: a French Voisin III, piloted by Sergeant Joseph Frantz and Corporal Louis Quénault, engaged a German Aviatik B.II near Rheims on October 5, 1914. | ||
54 | 38 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:13:00 | Aircraft Type Sopwith Pup | FIRST: landing by an airplane on a moving ship by Edwin Dunning in a Sopwith Pup, landed on HMS Furious on August 2, 1917. | ||
55 | 37 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:12:00 |
Aircraft Type Vickers Vimy Aviator Alcock |
FIRST: non-stop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown on a modified Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, on June 14-15, 1919. | ||
56 | 36 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:11:00 | Aircraft Type Airco DH.4 | FIRST: aerial refueling by an Airco DH.4B biplane of the United States Army Air Service, refuelled another DH.4B in mid-air on June 27, 1923. | ||
57 | 35 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:10:00 |
Aircraft Type Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis Aviator Lindbergh |
FIRST: solo non-stop transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh, flying the Spirit of St. Louis, made the 33-hour journey from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. | ||
58 | 34 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:09:00 |
Aircraft Type Lockheed Vega Aviator Earhart |
FIRST: female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was Amelia Earhart, in a Lockheed Vega 5B, flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, to Culmore, Ireland, on May 20, 1932. | ||
59 | 33 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:08:00 | Aircraft Type Heinkel He 178 | FIRST: flight by a turbojet-powered aircraft was a Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz, on August 27, 1939. | ||
60 | 32 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:07:00 | Aircraft Type Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe / Sturmvogel | FIRST: Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, with first flight (with jet engines) on 18 July, 1942. | ||
61 | 31 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:06:00 | Aircraft Type Arado Ar 234 Blitz | FIRST: The Arado Ar 234 was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, first flying on 15 June 1943. | ||
62 | 30 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:05:00 |
Aircraft Type Bell X-1 Aviator Yeager |
FIRST: human to break the sound barrier in level flight was Chuck Yeager in a Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947. | ||
63 | 29 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:04:00 |
Aircraft Type Boeing B-50 Superfortress Airport Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (KNFW) |
FIRST: nonstop around-the-world flight by B-50A Superfortress Lucky Lady II, commanded by Capt. James Gallagher, flew around the world from 26 February to 2 March 1949, taking off and landing at Carswell AFB, Texas. | ||
64 | 28 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:03:00 | Aircraft Type Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde | FIRST: supersonic scheduled passenger flight by Concorde, two simultaneous maiden flights from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro on January 21, 1976. | ||
65 | 27 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:02:00 | Aircraft Type Rutan 76 Voyager | FIRST: non-stop, un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the Earth by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager on December 14-23, 1986. | ||
66 | 26 | bali | 2016-01-03 10:01:00 |
Aircraft Type Scaled Composites 311 Global Flyer Aviator Fossett |
FIRST: solo non-stop fixed-wing aircraft flight around the Earth by Steve Fossett on a Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, between February 28 and March 3, 2005. | ||
67 | 25 | rimme | 2015-02-27 14:13:56 | Aircraft D-EFTY | This Aircraft is a Klemm Kl 25 and crashed in 2014 | ||
68 | 24 | spaschke | 2013-12-03 22:41:28 | Aircraft Type SIAI-Marchetti FN-333 Riviera | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9pF9dwaTU FN33 flying in California. History in comments | ||
69 | 23 | spaschke | 2013-12-03 22:38:43 | Aircraft Type SIAI-Marchetti FN-333 Riviera | The FN.333 Riviera was originally developed by the Nardi Company at Aeroporto Forlanini, Milan, Italy. The first prototype Riviera was registered I-KISS, and was a three-seat aircraft. This plane made its maiden flight on 4 December, 1952. | ||
70 | 22 | BErlodu | 2013-07-27 18:36:19 | Engine JPX 85 CV | |||
71 | 21 | bali | 2013-04-10 00:16:02 | Aircraft CS-AJC | Plane used for aerobatics, see: http://www.citabria.pt.vu/ | ||
72 | 20 | scimart | 2013-03-31 23:11:10 | Aircraft BGA-2520 | BGA 2520 was based at the London Gliding Club (Dunstable) from new but operated privately by a syndicate. | ||
73 | 19 | bali | 2012-12-23 21:44:46 | Aircraft C-GKRU | Currently the oldest registered aircraft in the database. | ||
74 | 18 | naaalex | 2012-11-25 18:21:42 | Aircraft F-BMCU | owner : Alexandra | ||
75 | 17 | Shark_tt | 2012-10-19 13:10:11 | Airport Covilhã Airport (LPCV) | Closed | ||
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