Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/October in aviation/October 23
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 1987 - the last F-104 Starfighter is phased out of Luftwaffe service
- 1934 - Francesco Agello sets a new airspeed record in the Macchi MC.72, of 709 km/h (440 mph).
- 1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont wins the Archdeacon prize as he flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France a distance of 60m (197ft).
