Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/September in aviation/September 29
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- 1946 - a Lockheed P2V Neptune sets a new distance record of 11,235 miles (18,082 km)
- 1929 - Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte arrive in Manchuria in a Breguet 19 (right), having set a new distance record of 7,905 km (4,912 miles) from Le Bourget, France.
- 1907 - Louis Breguet and Charles Robert Richet demonstrate their Gyroplane No. 1, the first rotary-wing aircraft to lift a person off the ground. (The craft is still controlled by handlers standing around it on the ground).
