Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 4
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- 1959 - Max Conrad flies a Piper Comanche from Casablanca to New York, setting a new lightplane distance record of 7,683 miles (12,365 km).
- 1940 - BOAC commences a twice-weekly service between England and Portugal, scheduled to connect with Pan Am flights from Lisbon to New York.
- 1934 - the US Navy commissions its first purpose-built aircraft carrier, USS Ranger.
- 1930 - Lt Apollo Soucek sets a new seaplane altitude record of 43,166 ft (13,157 ft) in a F3W Apache
- 1920 - the US Army Reorganization Act is passed, dashing hopes for an independent air arm like Britain's Royal Air Force.
