Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/October in aviation/October 11
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- 1956 - a Vickers Valiant of No. 49 Squadron RAF drops Britain's first air-dropped atomic bomb, over Maralinga, South Australia
- 1928 - the Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin crosses the Atlantic in 71 hours.
- 1919 - Handley Page Transport begins offering the first in-flight meals, on its London-Brussels service. They are sold at 3s.
