Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 28
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- 1955 - Jean Moire lands a Bell 47 helicopter on top of Mont Blanc, at an altitude of 4,807 m (15,772 ft)
- 1950 - USAF B-26 Invaders fly the first strike mission into North Korea.
- 1948 - Sdn Ldr Basil Arkel sets a new helicopter speed record of 124 mph (200 km/h) in a Fairey Gyrodyne.
- 1939 - Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force is formed.
- 1927 - June 28-29 - a US Army Fokker C-2 makes the first non-stop flight from the continental US to Hawaii.
- 1908 - Jacob Ellehammer makes the first piloted, powered aeroplane flight in Germany.
