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August 23

• 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.

• 1949 - BOAC commences its first services to the Far East to be flown entirely by landplanes.