Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/August in aviation/August 27
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- 1950 - P-51 Mustangs of No. 2 Squadron SAAF are sent to Korea as part of South Africa's contribution to the war.
- 1939 - first flight made entirely on turbojet power made by Erich Warsitz in the Heinkel He 178
- 1910 - Frederick Baldwin and John McCurdy, using a Curtiss biplane, are the first pilots to send radio messages to the ground.
- 1783, flight of an unmanned experimental hydrogen-balloon in Paris (built by Professor Charles and the brothers Roberts). It flies 25 km (15 miles) from Paris to Gonesse and is destroyed by frightened peasants.
