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October 2

• 1984 - the US Navy awards McDonnell Douglas a $US 438 million contract to develop the T-45 Goshawk

• 1981 - United States president Ronald Reagan re-starts the B-1 Lancer program by announcing the order of 100 B-1Bs for the USAF.

• 1980 - a Westland Sea King performs the rescue of 22 passengers from the Swedish ship Finneagle in the North Sea.

• 1948 - The Bukken Bruse disaster happens when a flying boat crashes upon landing in Trondheim. Bertrand Russell is among the survivors.

• 1941 - Heini Dittmar sets a new airspeed record of 1,004 km/h (624 mph) in a Messerschmitt Me 163A. The record is unofficial because the flight (and the Me 163 programme) is kept secret.

• 1910 - the first mid-air collision takes place near Milan. Both pilots survive, but one is badly injured.