48 years ago, two Concorde SSTs landed at Washington Dulles Airport on the same day.
This is how Laurentide Air Service began to offer regular airmail, passenger, and freight service.
Today, in 1906, the Wright brothers were granted U.S. Patent 821,393 for their "Flying Machine."
Today, in 1946, a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines DC-4 took off from Amsterdam bound for New York.
This is how Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop solo across the Atlantic.
Today, in 2008, the first all-new commercial aircraft in post-Soviet Russia took to the skies for the first time.
Today, in 1981, the independent passenger carrier International Air Bahama ceased operations.
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