Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/July in aviation/July 15
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- 1952 - a pair of USAF H-19 Chickasaws make the first transatlantic crossing by helicopter
- 1947 - Northwest Airlines flies the first commercial passenger flight from the U.S. to Japan, using The Manila, a Douglas DC-4 aircraft, by way of Anchorage. From Tokyo, the flight continued to Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila.
- 1934 - Varney Speed Lines (later to be Continental Airlines) makes its first passenger-carrying flight.
- 1933 - July 15-17, Lithuanians Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were supposed to make a non-stop flight from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania in Bellanca aeroplane, but fatally crashed in Germany after 37 hours, 11 minutes, covering distance of 6411 km, only 650 km short of their final destination.
