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April 16

• 1994 - a Royal Navy Sea Harrier is shot down over Serbia by a SA-7 Grail. The pilot was later rescued

• 1941 - London comes under intense bomber attack, with nearly 900 tonnes of high explosive dropped on the city.

• 1935 - 16-17 - A Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 makes the first airline flight from the continental US to Hawaii.

• 1923 - 17 - Lt John MacReady and Lt Oakley Kelley establish a new endurance record, staying aloft for 36 hours 5 minutes in a Fokker T-2, covering a distance of 2,518 miles (4,052 km).

• 1922 - taking advantage of the Treaty of Rapallo, a flying school for German pilots is set up at Lipetsk. By 1933, 450 German military pilots will have trained here.

• 1914 - The Canadian Aviation Corps is formed.

• 1913 - First contest for the Schneider Trophy. Maurice Prévost wins in a Deperdussin monoplane, completing the 28 circuits of the 10 km (6.2 mile) course with an average speed of 73.63 km/h (45.75 mph)

• 1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly the English Channel.