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March 25

• 2006 - A revolutionary scramjet jet engine Hyshot III designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia.

• 1983 - as a consequence of the March 4 and 5 incidents, the American government bans use of American airspace by Cubana de Aviacion for 14 days.

• 1979 - QANTAS retires its last Boeing 707 and becomes the world's first airline with a fleet of exclusively Boeing 747s

• 1940 - the US government grants permission to the country's aircraft manufacturers to sell advanced combat aircraft to nations fighting the Axis powers.

• 1932 - Dobroflot is expanded into a USSR-wide service and has its name changed to Aeroflot

• 1924 - Royal Air Force (flag pictured) officers McLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews set off in an attempted round-the-world flight in a Vickers Vulture II. Their attempt will ultimately fail in Siberia in early August.

• 1918 - Ensign John McNamara makes the first US Navy attack on a submarine.