Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/April in aviation/April 27
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- 2005 - The first Airbus A380, registration F-WWOW, makes its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
- 1972 - US Air Force F-4 Phantoms destroy the Thanh Hoa bridge with laser-guided bombs.
- 1932 - Imperial Airways commences a regular passenger service to Cape Town.
- 1913 - Robert G. Fowler makes first flight across the Isthmus of Panama. Technically this is the first flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
- 1905 - Sapper Moreton of the British Army's balloon section is lifted 2,600 ft (792 m) by a kite at Aldershot under the supervision of the kite's designer, Samuel Cody
