Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 20
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- 1986 - first test-flight of a propfan engine, the General Electric GE-36
- 1939 - The last rigid airship, the Graf Zeppelin (LZ 130) makes its last flight.
- 1915 - The first sustained aerial bombing offensive is made by Italian Caproni Ca.2s against Austria-Hungary.
- 1913 - 700 feet above Buc, France, parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely.
