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November 11

• 1970 - the British government agrees to fund development of the Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan, rescuing the project from Rolls-Royce's bankruptcy

• 1940 - regular ferry flights of US-built warplanes commence across the Atlantic.

• 1940 - 11-12 - Fairey Swordfish from HMS Illustrious make a highly successful raid against Regia Marina ships at Taranto, damaging battleship Conte di Cavour beyond repair, and extensively damaging two others, Littorio and Caio Duilio (Battle of Taranto).

• 1935 - A. W. Stevens and O. A. Anderson set a new balloon altitude record of 72,395 ft (22,066 m).

• 1935 - 11-13 - Jean Batten becomes the first woman to fly solo across the South Atlantic, taking 2 days 13 hours to cross from Senegal to Brazil in a Percivall Gull. She also breaks the speed record for this crossing, by a full day.

• 1922 - Etienne Oehmichen flies 525 m (1,722 ft) in a helicopter.