Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/November in aviation/November 3

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November 3

  • 1986 - While attempting to land at Zahedan airport, an Iranian Hercules C-130 army transport plane crashes into a mountain; all 103 passengers are killed.
  • 1944 - the first Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs are launched against the United States.
  • 1915 - Flt Sub-Lt Fowler makes the first take-off of an aircraft with a conventional, wheeled undercarriage from a ship when he flies a Bristol Scout C from HMS Vindex.