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1929 - The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots (also known as 99s) for the mutual support and advancement of women pilots, is founded at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-Nines

1931 - 1st voyage as a commissioned "ship" of the U.S. Navy of the USS Akron (ZRS-4), American aircraft carrier helium-filled rigid airship from Lakehurst to Washington DC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron_(ZRS-4)

1933 - 1st flight of the Potez 434, French 3 seats single-engine high-wing monoplane, Part of the Potez 43 Family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_43 - http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=6899

1936 - 1st flight of the Bassou FB 31 'Rubis', French light two-seat twin boom sporting and touring aircraft in a pusher configuration

http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9852

1940 - Death of Wilhelm Ensslen, Spanish war and WWII German Flying ace, killed in action

http://www.aviationartprints.com/aircraft_aces.php?PilotID=3873

1943 - Birth of Oldrich 'Olda' Pelczak, Czech air force pilot and cosmonaut.

http://www.astronautix.com/astros/pelczak.htm

1943 - 1st flight of The Grumman F7F Tigercat, American twin-engined fighter aircraft, 1st twin-engined fighter to enter service with the US Navy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat

1944 - 1st flight of The Landgraf H-2, American single-seat twin-rotor all-wood helicopter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landgraf_H-2

1944 - Birth of Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Ph.D.,American scientist and NASA astronaut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_A._Hoffman

1947 - 1st flight of The Yakovlev Yak-25, early Soviet turbojet-powered interceptor prototype aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-25_(1947)

1947 - 1st flight of The Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose", American prototype 8 engines heavy transport aircraft, largest flying boat ever built, and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Goose

1952 - 1st time a jet fighter intercepts at night successfully: A Douglas F3D-2 Skynight piloted by Major William T. Stratton, Jr. and radar operator Master Sergeant Hans C. Hoglind of VMF(N)-513 shot down a Mig-15 over Korea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight#Operational_history -

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/world-aviation/1952.aspx

1957 - 2 immigrant farm workers, Pedro Saucedo and Joe Salaz, called the Levelland police department to report a UFO sighting. Many other witness reported to have seen an egg-shaped object associated with elevtrical problems and engines shutting down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelland_UFO_Case

1959 - 1st flight of The Lockheed CL-475, American two-place, single-engine, light helicopter prototype developed to explore rigid rotor technology. It had a three-bladed main rotor and a two-bladed tail rotor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_CL-475

1961 - Death of Justus Grassmann, German WWI flying ace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_Grassmann - http://theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/grassmann.php

1961 - 1st flight of The Bensen B-12, (Sky-Way or Sky-Mat), American unconventional VTOL prototype aircraft, broad aluminum framework supporting an array of ten engines and rotors that Bensen likened to a "magic carpet". The design was later refined to include eight rotors, each driven by two engines for a total of sixteen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensen_B-12

1961 - 1st flight of the Sikorsky S-61L, civil variant of the successful American SH-3 Sea King helicopter,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61

1962 - 1st flight of The Lockheed XH-51 (Model 186), American three-bladed, single-engine experimental helicopter to explore rigid rotor technology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_XH-51

1967 - Kosmos 188, unmanned Soviet spacecraft which made the 1st fully automated space docking in the history of space exploration with Kosmos 186, is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_186_and_Kosmos_188

1971 - Death of Amedeo Mecozzi, Italian WWI flying ace, WWII general of the Italian Regia Aeronautica and a military theorist credited as the founding father of the "Attack air force" doctrine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Mecozzi - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/italy/mecozzi.php

1977 - 1st flight of The Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three, a Douglas DC-3 fitted with 3 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines by Conroy Aircraft; the 3rd engine was mounted on the nose of the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Tri-Turbo-Three

1978 - Soyuz 31 is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_31

1979 - Death of Henri Joseph Marie Hay de Slade, French WWI fighter ace who served in WWII.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hay_de_Slade - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/hay.php

1984 - Death of Cyril Richard Smythe, British WWI flying ace

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/smythe.php

1986 - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Lockheed C-130 Hercules flew into a mountain on approach to Zahedan, Iran, killing all 98.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19861102-0

1988 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 Antonov AN-24 crash-landed about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Rogózno railway station. Pilots turned on the anti-icing installation too late and, during approach, both engines immediately shut down because of icing of the engine intakes. Only 1 over 29 was killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Flight_703

1992 - 1st flight of The Airbus A330, French wide-body twin-engine jet airliner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330

2000 - 1st resident crew to the ISS, William McMichael Shepherd, Sergei Konstantinowitsch Krikaljow and Juri Pawlowitsch Gidsenko, docked from Soyuz TM-31.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-31

2006 - In its third extended mission phase, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) failed to respond to messages and commands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor

2006 - Death of Gilbert Klopfstein, French Air force Pilot, Test pilot, creator of the 1st modern HUD and standardized system of HUD symbols so that pilots would only have to learn one system and could more easily transition between aircraft. He pioneered HUD technology in military fighter jets and helicopters, aiming to centralize critical flight data within the pilot's field of vision.

http://www.headupflight.net/gilbert/gilbert.htm - http://www.headupflight.net/gilbert/gilbert2.htm