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December 31

• 1999 - Fear of the Y2K computer bug and possible in-flight consequences for those planes flying during the night of December 31, 1999 and the early morning of January 1, 2000, spreads around the airline industry.

• 1970 - Jeanne Holm becomes the USAF's first female General.

• 1967 - the Royal Air Force's V-bomber force begins to be dismantled, pending the deployment of the Polaris missile aboard Royal Navy submarines to act as Britain's nuclear deterrent.

• 1967 - NASA begins initial talks to develop guidelines for a re-usable spaceplane.

• 1922 - the first German aircraft flies over Britain since the end of World War I, a Deutsche Luft-Reederei Dornier Komet

• 1908 - Wilbur Wright wins a prize of FF 20,000 from Michelin for the longest flight of the year - 124 km (77 miles) from Camp d'Auvours.