Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation
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- 1983 - America West Airlines begins flying, from Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1972 - Delta Air Lines absorbs Northeast Airlines
- 1951 - Japan Air Lines is formed
- 1943 - Soviet fighter ace Lydia Litvak is shot down and killed. She had 12 victories at the time of her death.
- 1943 - USAAF B-24 Liberators flying from Libya attack the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania.
- 1941 - the Soviet Union makes the first operational use of parasite fighters, attacking Constanza with modified Polikarpov I-16s carried into action by Tupolev TB-3s.
- 1941 - the United States embargoes the sale of aviation fuel to Japan.
- 1915 - Lt Max Immelmann shoots down his first aircraft, beginning his career as an ace and the period that will become known as the "Fokker scourge"
- 1907 - An Aeronautical Division is formed in the U.S. Army Signal Corps to oversee "all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects".
- 2005 - Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after skidding off the end of a runway after landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. All 309 people aboard survive.
- 1985 - Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011, crashes within inches of the runway at Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, exploding and killing 133 persons, including a car driver who had been struck by the plane just before it exploded.
- 1964 - US Navy aircraft are involved in skirmishes in the Gulf of Tonkin. F-8 Crusaders sink a North Vietnamese torpedo boat
- 1975 - A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.
- 1950 - United States Marine Corps air operations over Korea commence, with VMF-214 flying strike missions from USS Sicily
- 1929 - 4-16 - the first International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1929 in Paris, with 5,942 km race over Europe, won by the German crew of Fritz Morzik on the BFW M.23 plane.
- 1994 - USAF A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti-tank gun
- 1989 - Piedmont Airlines is merged into USAir.
- 1964 - US Navy aircraft attack North Vietnamese naval bases, spearheading direct US involvement in the Vietnam War.
- 1935 - Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and his passenger Will Rogers are killed in a crash in Alaska.
- 1933 - 5-7 - Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes fly a Blériot 110 from New York to Rayal, Syria, establishing a new distance record of 9,104 km (5,657 miles).
- 2005 - A Tuninter ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.
- 1945 - B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay drops "Little Boy" the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
- 1980 - Janice Brown pilots the MacCready Gossamer Penguin on its first solar powered flight.
- 1980 - Aerolineas Argentinas and Iberia jointly inaugurate the world's longest non-stop air route, between Buenos Aires and Madrid
- 1964 - 7-9 - the Turkish Air Force strikes Greek positions on Cyprus
- 1951 - William Bridgeman sets a new airspeed record in the Douglas Skyrocket of Mach 1.88 (1,245 mph, 1,992 km/h).
- 1913 - Aviation pioneer Samuel Cody is killed in a crash
- 1934 - 8-9 - James Ayling and Leonard Reid make the first non-stop flight from Canada to England, in a de Havilland DH.84, taking 30 hours 50 minutes for the flight.
- 1930 - end of the Challenge 1930 contest, won by Fritz Morzik.
- 1929 - The Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127) begins its circumnavigation of the globe at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
- 1914 - A French aerial observer is injured by small-arms fire, becoming that nation's first casualty of air war.
- 1975 - Japan Air Lines establishes Japan Asia Airways as a subsidiary
- 1952 - Lt Peter Carmichael of No. 802 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Ocean claims the Fleet Air Arm's first MiG-15 kill, from a Hawker Sea Fury.
- 1945 - B-29 Bockscar drops a plutonium-239 nuclear weapon, Fat Man, on Nagasaki.
- 1896 - Otto Lilienthal crashes during a routine flight in the hills of Stölln and dies next day because of a spinal injury.
- 1884 - the first fully controllable free-flight is made in a French Army dirigible La France by Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs. The electric-powered flight covers 8 km (5 miles) in 23 minutes. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point.
- 2002 - US Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 1947 - a new world airspeed record of 640 mph (1,031 km/h) is set in the Douglas Skystreak.
- 1938 - 10-11 - a Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 makes a non-stop flight from Berlin to New York, via Hamburg, Glasgow, Newfoundland, and Halifax, taking 24 hours 36 minutes for the trip.
- 2003, The Spirit of Butts Farm becomes the first flight across the Atlantic by a computer-controlled model aircraft.
- 1993 - 11-14 - two B-1 Lancers complete a round-the-world trip in 47 hours.
- 1986 - a modified Westland Lynx sets a new helicopter world speed record of 249 mph (401 km/h)
- 1972 - NATO signs a development contract for the MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) programme, which will eventually result in the Panavia Tornado
- 1967 - F-105 Thunderchiefs of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF cut the Paul Doumer bridge, using 100 tons of bombs.
- 1939 - Pan American World Airways begins scheduled flights from New York, New York to Southampton, England.
- 1985 - Japan Airlines flight 123, from Tokyo to Osaka, crashes. The Boeing 747 had an explosion, then hit Mount Otsuka, killing 520 of 524 people on board. Rescuers are later shocked and saddened to find farewell notes that the passengers had written for their family and friends, next to the bodies. As of 2004 this is still the worst single-aircraft air disaster
- 1979- 12-17 - Ben Abruzzo and crew make the first transatlantic crossing by balloon, taking 5 days 17 hours to travel from Presque Island, Maine USA to Evreux, France in the Double Eagle II
- 1915 - Flt Cdr Charles Edmonds becomes the first pilot to attack a ship with an air-launched torpedo. He is flying a Short Type 184 from HMS Ben-my-Chree. His target is a Turkish supply ship.
- 2002 - Midway Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 1968 - Swedish Count Gustav von Rosen defies Nigerian air defences to fly in supplies to the Biafran rebels
- 1914 - A Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 becomes the first British aircraft to arrive in France for the war.
- 2005 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece, killing all 121 passengers and crew.
- 1979 - Steve Hinton sets a new piston-engined airspeed record in a specially-modified P-51 Mustang named the Red Baron. He reaches 499 mph (803 km/h) over Nevada.
- 1932 - 14-28 - the third International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1932 in Berlin, won by the Polish crew Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura on the RWD-6 plane.
- 1932 - 14-23 - Frances Mersalis and Louise Thaden set a women's endurance record of 8 days 4 hours.
- 1951 - William Bridgeman sets a new altitude record in the Douglas Skyrocket of 74,494 ft (22,706 m)
- 1951 - BEA commences turboprop freight services
- 1945 - seven Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft make the last kamikaze attack of the war.
- 1944 - the first air-to-air victory by a jet is scored by Feldwebel Helmut Lennartz, shooting down a B-17 Flying Fortress in a Messerschmitt Me 262
- 1940 - the heaviest fighting of the Battle of Britain occurs, with the loss of 46 British and 76 German aircraft.
- 1937 - Lufthansa begins seaplane services between the Azores and New York with the assistance of seaplane tenders stationed along the route.
- 2005 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a charter flight, crashes into the mountains of Venezuela with no survivors.
- 1987 - a Douglas DC-9 of Northwest Airlines crashes on take-off for a flight from Detroit to Phoenix. 154 are killed.
- 1969 - Darryl Greenamayer sets a new piston-engine airspeed record in a heavily modified F8F Bearcat named Conquest I. His record speed of 478 mph (769 km/h) topples a record that had stood for 30 years.
- 1960 - Captain (later Colonel) Joseph Kittinger (USAF) sets a world record for highest parachute jump (102,200 ft or 31,150m) and longest parachute freefall (84,700 ft or 25,815 m) while testing high altitude parachute escape systems in Project Excelsior.
- 1944 - the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor is used against enemy bombers for the first time.
- 1943 - 59 USAAF bombers are lost in raids on Regensburg and Schweinfurt.
- 1943 - first operational use of the radio-controlled Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship missile
- 1943 - 17-18 - RAF bombers attack the German missile research station at Peenemünde.
- 1989 - a Qantas Boeing 747, the Spirit of Australia, flies non-stop from London to Sydney, setting a world record for a four engine jet, after having flown 11,000 miles in 20 hours.
- 1960 - a C-119 Flying Boxcar recovers a data capsule from the Discoverer 14 satellite in mid-air.
- 1932 - Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns set a new balloon altitude record of 16,201 m (53,153 ft).
- 1932 - 18-19 - Jim Mollison makes the first solo East-to-West crossing of the Atlantic, flying a de Havilland Puss Moth from Dublin to New Brunswick
- 1903 - Karl Jatho makes a flight with his motored airplane in front of 4 people. [1]. His craft flies up to 200 feet (60 m) up to few yards/meters above the ground in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1993 - USAF aircraft are attacked by Surface-to-air missiles over northern Iraq. The launch site is destroyed in retaliation
- 1981 - two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats shoot down two Sukhoi Su-22s of the Libyan Air Force over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1980 - a Saudi Arabian Airlines Lockheed L-1011 makes a safe emergency landing in Riyadh, but panicked passengers suffocate and burn in a subsequent stampede. All inside the plane die.
- 1957 - 19-20 - Maj David Simons sets a new balloon altitude record of 101,516 ft (30,942 m)
- 1945 - two Mitsubishi G4Ms carry Japan's surrender delegation to Ie Shima
- 1915 - Lt Oswald Boelcke shoots down his first aircraft flying a Fokker E.I fitted with interrupter gear.
- 1986 - first test-flight of a propfan engine, the General Electric GE-36
- 1939 - The last rigid airship, the Graf Zeppelin (LZ 130) makes its last flight.
- 1915 - The first sustained aerial bombing offensive is made by Italian Caproni Ca.2s against Austria-Hungary.
- 1913 - 700 feet above Buc, France, parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely.
- 1998 - an Insitu Aerosonde named Laima becomes the first UAV to cross the Altantic Ocean, completing the flight in 26 hours.
- 1985 - Sir Freddie Laker accepts a £UK 8 million in a settlement with British Airways. Laker had sued twelve airlines for conspiring to drive Laker Airways out of business
- 1957 - The USAF formally cancels the XF-103 Mach 3 interceptor program
- 1932 - 21-27 - 7,363 km race over Europe of the Challenge 1932 contest.
- 1989 - Alexander Yakovlev dies, aged 84
- 1985 - a Boeing 737 of British Airtours explodes in Manchester before taking off, killing 54 of the 134 people on board and punctuating commercial aviation's worst month in history.
- 1970 - Two Sikorsky HH-53C helicopters complete a non-stop transpacific flight of 9,000 miles (14,484 km) using in-flight refuelling.
- 2005 - TANS Peru Flight 204 crashes in Peru.
- 1993 - the Russian Air Force flies open skies missions over Luftwaffe bases
- 1977 - Gossamer Condor became the first human-powered aeroplane, flying a figure-8 course to demonstrate sustained, controlled flight.
- 1964 - Greek Air Force F-4 Phantoms are recalled while en route to attack Turkish military positions
- 1954 - Lockheed engineering test pilots Stanley Beltz and Roy Wimmer pilot the C-130 Hercules on its first flight from the production plant in Burbank, California to Edwards Air Force Base.
- 2004 - Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 and Siberia Airlines Flight 1047 explode south of Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. The Russian government declares the explosions to have been caused by Chechen terrorists
- 1983 - a Canadair Challenger 601 business jet arrives at London from Calgary, setting a world distance record for a business jet, at 4,364.2 miles (6,982 km).
- 1947 - the Douglas Skystreak is flown to an airspeed record of 650 mph (1,047 km/h).
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart makes the first transcontinental flight across the US by a woman. She flies a Lockheed Vega.
- 1985 - TWA is purchased by Carl Icahn and associates
- 1939 - the Messerschmitt Me 209 sets a new world speed record of 755 km/h (469 mph).
- 1950 - P-51 Mustangs of No. 2 Squadron SAAF are sent to Korea as part of South Africa's contribution to the war.
- 1939 - first flight made entirely on turbojet power made by Erich Warsitz in the Heinkel He 178
- 1910 - Frederick Baldwin and John McCurdy, using a Curtiss biplane, are the first pilots to send radio messages to the ground.
- 1783, flight of an unmanned experimental hydrogen-balloon in Paris (built by Professor Charles and the brothers Roberts). It flies 25 km (15 miles) from Paris to Gonesse and is destroyed by frightened peasants.
- 1988 - an accident by a Frecce Tricolori pilot at an airshow at Ramstein Airbase kills 33 people.
- 1972 - Cpt Richard Richie becomes the first US Air Force ace of the Vietnam War.
- 1972 - Prince William of Gloucester is killed in the crash of a Piper Cherokee Arrow during the Gordonwood Trophy race.
- 1957 - a rocket-boosted English Electric Canberra sets a new world altitude record of 70,308 ft (21,430 m)
- 1952 - a F6F Hellcat is loaded with explosives and flown as a remote-controlled drone against a railway bridge at Hungnam
- 1934 - Aug 28-Sept 16 - the fourth International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1934 in Warsaw, won by the Polish crew of Jerzy Bajan on the RWD-9 plane.
- 1996 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen killing 141 people.
- 1955 - an English Electric Canberra sets a new altitude record of 65,876 ft (20,079 m)
- 1931 - The Graf Zeppelin pioneers the air route between Germany and Brazil.
- 1929 - The Graf Zeppelin completes its global circumnavigation at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
- 1995 - Operation Deliberate Force is launched by NATO against Bosnian Serb forces. Two hundred sorties are flown during the first 24 hours, including the first combat missions flown by the Luftwaffe since World War II. Raids continued until September 14.
- 1994 - Lockheed and Martin Marietta announce their intention to merge. They will form Lockheed-Martin the following year.
- 1914 - Paris is bombed by a German aircraft for the first time - an Etrich Taube flown by Lt Ferdinand von Hiddessen.
- 1977 - A Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 sets the current world altitude record for airbreathing aircraft of 123,524 ft. (37,650 m).
- 1969 - World champion boxer Rocky Marciano dies when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.
- 1968 - the Rolls-Royce RB.211 is successfully ground-tested
- 1965 - The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy makes it's first flight
- 1940 - Polish 303 Squadron, the most efficient allied unit of the Battle of Britain, enters action.
- 1915 - the first French ace Adolphe Pegoud is killed in combat. He scored 6 victories.
