2003 Air Algérie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103
2002 "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89
2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128
2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119
2000 Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143
2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131
1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5
1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
1996 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84
1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)
1995 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
1995 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
1995 Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
1995 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1994 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers
1994 Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
1994 37 dies in U.S. Air DC-9 crash in NC
1994 U.S. Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed
1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives)
1994 WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air
1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1994 Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
1993 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead
1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered
1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
1993 James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo
1993 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
1992 WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR
1992 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993
1992 U.S. Air goes on strike
1992 Paul E Garber, 1st curator (Natl Air and Space Museum), dies at 93
1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris
1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
1992 Trump Shuttle becomes U.S. Air Shuttle
1992 US Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die
1991 Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93
1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq
1991 U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
1991 US Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
1991 Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
1990 Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
1989 Ross Bagley, actor, Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
1987 Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost
1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1987 Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air
1987 Naya Rivera, actress, Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1986 Samora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in air crash at 53
1986 Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble
1986 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
1986 U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1985 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1985 Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg
1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati
1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
1982 Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers
1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1981 Jaime Roldos Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1980 Francisco Sa Carneiro, PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16
1979 Tatyana M Ali, New York City, actress, Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1978 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force
1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1978 Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1977 Steve Gaines, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in air crash
1977 JoAnn Sevin, born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, air pistol 1996 Olympics
1976 Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph
1976 Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics
1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo
1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
1975 Gunsmoke resigns the air
1974 Air Force fires 1st ICBM
1974 Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air
1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
1974 Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle 1996 Olympics
1973 Tyra Banks, model/actress, Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1973 US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die
1973 At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes
1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims
1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber
1972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
1972 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force
1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die
1971 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75
1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
1969 Russ Bender, actor and writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59
1968 Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R.
1968 John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58
1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
1967 Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City
1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die
1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
1964 Theodore C Freeman, astronaut, dies at 34 in a T-38 jet air crash
1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
1964 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer, dies in air crash at 39
1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons
1962 Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms
1962 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996
1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56
1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
1961 Michael "Air" Jordan, born in Brooklyn, New York, NBA guard and forward, Chicago Bulls
1959 1st U.S. Air Force Academy graduation
1959 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1958 Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo
1958 Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96
1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash
1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash
1957 David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress, Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1956 Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61
1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea
1955 U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile
1954 Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened
1954 U.S. Air Force Academy forms
1954 US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service
1953 "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC
1952 Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1952 John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39
1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances
1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances
1951 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1951 Rex Goh, rock guitarist, Air Supply
1951 Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
1950 Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1949 David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply
1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies
1948 1st air bombing of Jerusalem
1948 Frank Estersmith, born in Australia, rocker, Air Supply
1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army
1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service
1947 USAF (US Air Force) forms
1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense
1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City
1947 Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
1947 Terry Sylvester, rocker, Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe
1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1945 U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald
1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz
1945 Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa
1945 Allied air raid on Neurenberg
1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
1944 U.S. air raid on Jap battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks
1944 U.S. air raid on Ambon
1944 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed
1944 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
1944 U.S. air raid on Palembang
1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
1944 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau
1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack
1944 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach
1944 U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen
1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
1944 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity
1944 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
1944 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux
1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin
1944 U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die
1944 Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1943 Tony Hicks, rocker, Hollies-The Air That I Breathe
1943 RAF begins air bombing of Berlin
1943 U.S. air raid on Rabaul
1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
1943 U.S. air raid on Wake
1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
1943 U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen
1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt
1943 1st allied air raid on Borneo
1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
1943 British air raid sinks U-435
1943 British air raid sinks U-232
1943 Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid
1943 Elsie S. Ott becomes 1st woman awarded U.S. Air Force Medal
1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
1943 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
1943 1st U.S. air raid on Ambon
1942 Allies air attack on Den Helder
1942 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe
1942 U.S. air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
1941 Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu
1941 US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1941 British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied
1941 German air raid on Russ naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941 German air raid on Liverpool
1941 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee
1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
1941 War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
1940 British air raid on Mannheim
1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940 British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet
1940 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
1940 German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth
1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
1940 "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days
1940 Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard
1940 Frank Lorenzo, airline executive, Continental, Texas Air, Eastern
1940 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
1940 U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York
1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa
1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki
1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
1939 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry
1939 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper
1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service
1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio
1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense
1937 Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
1937 U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid
1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France
1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York
1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal
1935 Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
1935 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe
1934 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
1934 "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles
1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56
1934 WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
1934 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months
1933 Air France forms
1933 WNJ-AM in Newark New Jersey goes off the air
1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
1932 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO
1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta
1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
1930 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began
1930 Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air
1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
1929 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland
1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1926 Air Commerce Act passes
1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes
1926 French air force bombs Damascus, Syria
1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S.
1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight
1924 David Atkinson, British air marshal
1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81
1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1921 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco
1921 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service
1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station
1920 US Air Mail service begins (New York City to SF)
1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1920 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)
1919 1st transcontinental air race ends
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam
1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown)
1919 Charles Pringle, British air marshal
1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts
1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
1919 Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal
1919 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia
1919 Alex Nicol, Ossining, New York, actor, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet
1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1917 Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)
1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London
1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78
1916 1st (German) air attack on London
1916 John Lapsley, British air marshal
1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orch leader, Air Time '57
1914 Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story
1914 U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway
1914 W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner
1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
1913 Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal
1913 Ernest Sidey, British air marshal
1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez
1912 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
1911 Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air
1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
1911 SF has it's 1st air meet
1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
1910 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA
1909 Jean Batten, NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo Australia-
1909 John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force
1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins
1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal
1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers
1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1908 Thomas E Selfridge, earlier U.S. aviator, 1st to die in an air crash
1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal
1907 World's 1st air force established in the U.S. Army
1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal
1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin
1906 Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate
1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
1906 Willa B Brown, Coffey, U.S. black air pioneer, NAAA
1904 Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places
1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
1902 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
1899 Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum
1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer, Northrop Air
1895 John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air
1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
1892 Charles Delaney, New York City, actor, Air Police, Lonesome Trail
1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II
1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, WW II
1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York
1878 Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force
1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains
1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind
1602 Otto von Guericke, inventor, air pump
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