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November 16

• 2004 - NASA's X-43 reaches a record speed of Mach 10 (7,000 mph, 11,200 km/h)

• 1920 - QANTAS is formed at Longreach, Queensland.

• 1919 - Cpt Henry Wrigley and Lt Arthur Murphy make the first aerial crossing of Australia, flying a Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e from Melbourne to Darwin, taking 46 hours

• 1909 - foundation of the first air transport company in the world, DELAG (German Aviation Company).