Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 14
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- 2005 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece, killing all 121 passengers and crew.
- 1979 - Steve Hinton sets a new piston-engined airspeed record in a specially-modified P-51 Mustang named the Red Baron. He reaches 499 mph (803 km/h) over Nevada.
- 1932 - 14-28 - the third International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1932 in Berlin, won by the Polish crew Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura on the RWD-6 plane.
- 1932 - 14-23 - Frances Mersalis and Louise Thaden set a women's endurance record of 8 days 4 hours.
