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1919 - The Schneider Trophy race is flown at Bournemouth, UK. Italian Guido Janello flying a Savoia S.13 is the only finisher, but is disqualifed for missing a turning buoy. When judges ask pilot Guido Janello to complete another lap, he ran out of fuel.

http://www.aviation-ancienne.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139:la-coupe-schneider&catid=54:entre-deux-guerres

1922 - Birth of Rudolf Kaiser, German glider designer who worked for Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.

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

1925 - US Navy Commander John Rodgers and crew arrive at Kaui, having sailed their PN-9 flying boat after it ran out of fuel 9 days before in an attempt to make the 1st transpacific flight from North America to the Hawaiian Islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rodgers_(naval_officer,_World_War_I) - http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/aviation-photos/1920-1929/commander-john-rodgers/

1928 - Australians Charles Edward Kingsford Smith and Charles Thomas Philippe Ulm takes off with the Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane 'Southern Cross' for the 1st nonstop Trans-Tasman flight over the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand and back (c. 2,500 miles (4,000 km))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith#1928_Trans-Tasman_flight - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_(aircraft)#Trans-Tasman_flights

1929 - Flight Lieutenant George Stainforth flew the Gloster VI racing seaplane over a measured mile course for a top speed of 351.3 mph and ratified a world absolute speed record, averaged over four runs of 336.3 mph. Held only briefly, as a later run by Squadron Leader Augustus Orlebar in the Supermarine S.6 managed to raise it over 350 mph.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_VI#Operational_history

1929 - French Charles Fauvel set a straight distance record of 852,100 km for an aircraft under 400 kg with the Peyret-Mauboussin PM X (High wing single seat tourer).

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fauvel - http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9458

1933 - Birth of Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov, Soviet air force pilot and cosmonaut.

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

1933 - 1st flight of The Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea ("Pou du Ciel" literally "Louse of the Sky"), French single-seat light aircraft designed for amateur construction. 1st of a family of aircraft collectively known as Flying Fleas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mignet_HM.14

1934 - Birth of Max Leroy Anderson, American hot air balloonist and businessman.

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

1938 - A German decree prohibits all foreign aircraft flying over Germany from leaving designated air corridors.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/world-aviation/1938.aspx

1939 - 1st RCAF wartime patrol was flown from Dartmouth N.S. by F/L DG Price in a No. 5 Squadron Supermarine Stranraer flying boat.

http://canadianaviationhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/13801125/On%20this%20day%20in%20Canadian%20Aviation%20History%20September

1940 - The "Italian Air Corps" (Corpo Aereo Italiano, or CAI), expeditionary force of the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) to support the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the British Royal Air Force (RAF) is formed.

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

1941 - 1st flight (Glide flight) of the Bolkhovitinov Bi-1 (Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1), Soviet research rocket-powered aircraft

http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/bi-1.php

1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS - Air Transport Command using women to ferry planes from factory to airfields) begins operations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots#Creation_of_the_WASP

1942 – 1st time RAF Bomber Command employs “Pink Pansy” – a target indicator that creates an instantaneous pink flash – during a raid by 479 bombers on Düsseldorf, Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_(RAF)#Improved_technique

1943 - Death of Alberto Ferrario, Italian aviator.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ferrario

1944 - Flight Sergeant Albert 'bob' Kimberley is lost without trace during an anti-shipping attack off the coast of Holland with his Beaufighter.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/taking-flight/personal-experiences/second-world-war/flight-sergeant-albert-kimberley.aspx

1944 - 1st flight of the Fairchild C-82 Packet, american twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet

1945 - Birth of Richard Michael "Mike" Mullane, USAF pilot and NASA astronaut.

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

1948 - Birth of Charles Simonyi, Hungarian-American computer software executive and space tourist.

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

1949 - 1st flight of The Nord 2500 Noratlas, French twin-engine, twin-boom military transport aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Noratlas - http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=10045

1952 - Only F4U Corsair fighter-bomber victory over a MiG-15 during the Korean War : USMC Captain Jesse G. Folmar shoots down a MiG-15 before being shot down himself. He survives and is rescued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair#Korean_War

1954 - 1st flight of the SNCAN Nord 3200, French twin seat French military trainer, precursor of the Nord 3202 production version.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_3202 - http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9699

1956 - 1st flight of the Chatelain AC.5 'Bijou', French twin seat highwing tourer for home building.

http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9982

1956 - 1st flight of The North American F-107 'Ultra Sabre', USAF tactical fighter-bomber prototype based on the F-100 Super Sabre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-107

1960 - 1st flight of the Sud Aviation 'Caravelle' VIN, Power-improved version of the french short/medium-range jet airliner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle#Variants - http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1986

1962 - Czech Airlines Avia 14 (IL-14) crashed near Slakov (Czech Republic) approaching Brno, killing 11 over 39.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ilyushin_Il-14_incidents

1967 - Death of Herbert James Edwards, Australian WWI fighter ace.

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/edwards3.php

1967 - Death of Stanley 'Stan' Stanger, Canadian WWI flying ace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Stanger - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/stanger.php

1971 - 1st flight of The Bell Model 309 King Cobra, American experimental attack helicopter based on Bell's successful AH-1 Cobra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_309#Bell_309

1976 - Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550 Douglas DC-9-30 and British Airways Flight 476 Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B collided over Zagreb. 176 people died. The collision was attributed to an air traffic control error

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Zagreb_mid-air_collision

1979 - Death of Charles Fauvel, French aircraft designer noted for his flying wing designs, and in particular, his flying wing sailplanes.

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

1982 - 1st flight of the Mudry CAP-X, French twin seat low wing trainer/tourer.

http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=2540

1982 - Death of George Haldeman, American aviation pionneer and record setter

http://www.dmairfield.com/people/haldeman_gw/index.html

1984 - Death of Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, American Engineer, Aircraft and Airship designer.

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

1984 - Death of Stanton William Bunting, british WWI fighter ace.

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

2000 - Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters operating in Sierra Leone, help in the rescue operation of British soldiers held by the 'West Side Boys' in Sierra Leone.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/british-military-aviation/2000.aspx

2009 - Launch of HTV-1 (HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle), 1st Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle to resupply the ISS, unmanned cargo spacecraft carrying a mixture of pressurised and unpressurised cargo to the space station.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTV-1

2011 - Launch of The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratories (GRAIL A and GRAIL B), American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program which uses high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure.

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