Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/November in aviation/November 7
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- 1954 - Soviet Air Force MiG-15s shoot down a USAF B-29 Superfortress off Hokkaido, claiming it was spying.
- 1950 - BOAC retires its last flying boat airliner from service.
- 1945 – Gp Cpt H. J. Wilson sets a new official airspeed record of 606 mph (976 km/h) in a Gloster Meteor. Unofficial German speed records by the rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me 163 during the war had already exceeded 625 mph (1,000 km/h)
- 1836 - 7-8 - flight of a Montgolfière covering 722 km from London to Weilburg, passing through Green, Holland and Mason.