Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/September in aviation/September 18
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- 1947 - the United States Air Force becomes its own fully independent military command.
- 1928 - Don Juan de la Cierva flies a Cierva C.8 autogiro from Croydon, England, to Le Bourget, France, making the first crossing of the English Channel in a rotary wing aircraft.
