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1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed 1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed 1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1991 Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude 1990 Galileo flies by Venus 1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps 1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1986 Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound 1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km 1986 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km 1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport 1985 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB 1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB 1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center 1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1979 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter 1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1976 Balthazar Getty, actor, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies 1973 Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m 1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars 1969 Mariner 6 flies past Mars 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1964 U.K. flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to U.S. 1963 John F. Kennedy flies to Texas 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies 1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours 1958 PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip - New York to Paris 1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London 1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m 1957 Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo 1957 Major Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH 1957 Major Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K) 1955 1st magnesium jet airplane flies 1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1949 1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies 1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound 1948 U.S. rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height 1947 Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time 1947 Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane 1945 WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire 1944 Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 General Bradley flies to England 1944 New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe 1943 Lieutenant-general Bradley flies from Algiers to to Marrakech/Prestwick 1943 Lieutenant-general Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers Sicily 1943 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission, over Italy 1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft 1943 General-major Bradley flies to Algiers 1943 General-major Bradley flies to Washington D.C. 1942 British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo 1941 Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd) 1941 1st British turbojet flies 1941 Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1939 Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde 1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich 1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours 1937 Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course) 1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies 1934 Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes 1931 Captain G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph) 1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro 1928 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again 1926 Yankees' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies 1926 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole 1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out 1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran 1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time 1914 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome 1911 Britain's 1st seaplane flies 1910 Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record) 1910 Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City 1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) 1907 France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) 1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies 1873 Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist, The Flies, The Bosses 1830 Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ 1688 Princess Anne flies from London to Nottingham 1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies 1431 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies |
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