Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 10

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August 10

• 2002 - US Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

• 1947 - BEA began the world's first regular cargo-only airline service.

• 1947 - a new world airspeed record of 640 mph (1,031 km/h) is set in the Douglas Skystreak.

• 1938 - 10-11 - a Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 makes a non-stop flight from Berlin to New York, via Hamburg, Glasgow, Newfoundland, and Halifax, taking 24 hours 36 minutes for the trip.