2013 Event In Wisconsin, two planes carrying nine skydivers collide in midair; the skydivers used their parachutes to steer themselves clear of the debris, and the two pilots survived with minor injuries 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2010 Event The U.S. announces it has no clear record of ownership or records of access for over 119,000 private planes 2010 Event Three Airbus A380 planes are grounded by Singapore Airlines in order to replace their Rolls Royce engines 2010 Event Planes return to the air in Germany, France and Italy after being grounded by ash clouds from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2010 Event Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 1996 Event Cuba downs 2 U.S. planes 1993 Event 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced 1991 Event 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1979 Event 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1970 Event PLO hijacks 4 planes 1967 Event U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1966 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1965 Event 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1962 Event U.S. U-2 planes locate missile launchers in Cuba 1958 Event French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1947 Event Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated 1945 Event American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace 1945 Event U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Event Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1944 Event U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1943 Event RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1942 Event Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes 1942 Event Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon 1941 Event Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" 1941 Event Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews 1940 Event During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1940 Event German planes attack British ships in the Canal 1930 Event 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC 1926 Event Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1924 Event 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops 1924 Event 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1922 Birthday Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1917 Event 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes 1910 Birthday David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes 1901 Birthday Patrick Aherne, England, actor, Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes 1890 Birthday George Merritt, born in London, England, actor, I Monster, Q Planes
