Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/October in aviation/October 12
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- 1988 - a Bar Harbor Airlines ATR-42 misses Air Force One by less than 1,000 feet
- 1924 - 12-15 - transportation of the Zeppelin-Airship "LZ 126" (USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)) to USA under guidance of H. Eckener.
- 1916 - Royal Naval Air Service ace Raymond Collishaw claims his first victory.
- 1907 - Augustus Gaudron crosses the North Sea in a hot air balloon named Mammouth. He flies 1,160 km (721 miles) from The Crystal Palace, London to Lake Vänern, Sweden.
