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September 20

• 1989 - a USAir Boeing 737 aborts a takeoff in New York and slides into the East River. Two people are killed.

• 1989 - a UTA DC-10 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Niger. 117 passengers are killed.

• 1945, an experimental Gloster Meteor with Rolls-Royce Trent engines makes the first turboprop-powered flight.

• 1922 - first flight over 200 mph (322 km/h) made by Sadi Lecointe in a Nieuport-Delage NiD 29.

• 1920 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Venice, Italy. Lt. Luigi Bolgna in a Savoia S.12 is the only starter. Speed 172.6 km/h (107.3 mph).

• 1904 - Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight, in the Flyer II.

• 1874, Du Temple builds a steam-powered monoplane which achieves a short hop after gaining speed by rolling down a ramp. It carries a human passenger whose identity is no longer known.