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December 13

  • 1951 - Maj George Davis of the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron shoots down four MiG-15s in a single day
  • 1924 - in an early parasite fighter experiment, Lt Clyde Flinter unsuccessfully attempts to dock his Sperry Messenger with the US Army airship TC-3.
  • 1918 - Maj A.S.C. MacLaren and Cpt Robert Halley set out on the first England-India flight, in a Handley Page V/1500
  • 1913 - 13-14 - German balloonist Hugo Kaulen stays aloft for 87 hours. This record lasted until 1935.
  • 1872 - Paul Haenlein tests the first airship with a gas engine in Brünn, achieving 19 km/h. The tests were stopped because of a shortage of money.
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