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1997 – The first of the new build Chinook HC2As for the RAF was delivered by Boeing. Thirteen more HC2As and HC3s were to be delivered over the next three years.
1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
1989 – The prototype of the Boeing MH-47E Chinook special operations helicopter rolls out.
1975 – The first airmail flight by a supersonic aircraft is made by the Tupolev Tu-144, carrying mail between Moscow and Alma Ata, within the U.S.S.R.
1966 – the West German Luftwaffe grounds its fleet of F-104s to investigate continuing accidents with the type.
1965 – The first Canadian-built VTOL aircraft, the Canadair CL-84, was flown at Cartierville, Quebec.
1960 – The first flight of the Sikorsky S-61L helicopter is made in the United States. It serves as a transport craft as well as patrol, rescue, and even anti-submarine duty.
1952 – The 1952 Bermuda air crash occurred on 6 December 1952, when a Douglas DC-4, registered CU-T397 and operated by Cubana de Aviación, flying from from Madrid to Havana, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean following a refueling stop at Kindley Air Force Base in Bermuda. There were 33 passengers and 8 crew on board the aircraft. The flight arrived at Kindley Air Force Base at 03:30. After an hour's stopover spent refueling the aircraft, the DC-4 departed; at 04:45, during the initial climb, the aircraft stalled, lost height and crashed tail first into the sea. The accident killed 37 passengers and crew; three passengers and a crewmember survived the crash, and were rescued shortly after the crash. The cause of the accident was not determined;it remains the worst aviation accident in Bermudan history.
1944 - First flight of the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger Jet fighter.
1937 - First flight of the French Bomber Amiot 350.
1928 – North American Aviation Inc. is formed as a holding company in Delaware.
1907 – First manned flight of the AEA Cygnet tethered glider (also referred to as a kite) designed by Alexander Graham Bell. The flight is also the first flight for Thomas Selfridge, later killed in the crash of a powered aircraft.
1997 – The first of the new build Chinook HC2As for the RAF was delivered by Boeing. Thirteen more HC2As and HC3s were to be delivered over the next three years.
1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
1989 – The prototype of the Boeing MH-47E Chinook special operations helicopter rolls out.
1975 – The first airmail flight by a supersonic aircraft is made by the Tupolev Tu-144, carrying mail between Moscow and Alma Ata, within the U.S.S.R.
1966 – the West German Luftwaffe grounds its fleet of F-104s to investigate continuing accidents with the type.
1965 – The first Canadian-built VTOL aircraft, the Canadair CL-84, was flown at Cartierville, Quebec.
1960 – The first flight of the Sikorsky S-61L helicopter is made in the United States. It serves as a transport craft as well as patrol, rescue, and even anti-submarine duty.
1952 – The 1952 Bermuda air crash occurred on 6 December 1952, when a Douglas DC-4, registered CU-T397 and operated by Cubana de Aviación, flying from from Madrid to Havana, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean following a refueling stop at Kindley Air Force Base in Bermuda. There were 33 passengers and 8 crew on board the aircraft. The flight arrived at Kindley Air Force Base at 03:30. After an hour's stopover spent refueling the aircraft, the DC-4 departed; at 04:45, during the initial climb, the aircraft stalled, lost height and crashed tail first into the sea. The accident killed 37 passengers and crew; three passengers and a crewmember survived the crash, and were rescued shortly after the crash. The cause of the accident was not determined;it remains the worst aviation accident in Bermudan history.
1944 - First flight of the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger Jet fighter.
1937 - First flight of the French Bomber Amiot 350.
1928 – North American Aviation Inc. is formed as a holding company in Delaware.
1907 – First manned flight of the AEA Cygnet tethered glider (also referred to as a kite) designed by Alexander Graham Bell. The flight is also the first flight for Thomas Selfridge, later killed in the crash of a powered aircraft.
