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August 18

• 1989 - a Qantas Boeing 747, the Spirit of Australia, flies non-stop from London to Sydney, setting a world record for a four engine jet, after having flown 11,000 miles in 20 hours.

• 1960 - a C-119 Flying Boxcar recovers a data capsule from the Discoverer 14 satellite in mid-air.

• 1932 - Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns set a new balloon altitude record of 16,201 m (53,153 ft).

• 1932 - 18-19 - Jim Mollison makes the first solo East-to-West crossing of the Atlantic, flying a de Havilland Puss Moth from Dublin to New Brunswick

• 1903 - Karl Jatho makes a flight with his motored airplane in front of 4 people. [1]. His craft flies up to 200 feet (60 m) up to few yards/meters above the ground in a powered heavier-than-air craft.