Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/October in aviation/October 26

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October 26

• 1983 - Pan Am celebrates the 25th anniversary of their first Boeing 707 with a 707 flight from JFK International Airport to Paris.

• 1977 - 26-31 - a Pan Am Boeing 747SP circumnavigates the world over the two poles

• 1972 - Igor Sikorsky dies

• 1962 - the last B-52 off the production line is delivered to the US Air Force

• 1952 - a BOAC Comet is badly damaged in an accident during take-off from Rome

• 1925 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Baltimore, USA. Won by Jimmy Doolittle (USA) in a Curtiss R3C at 374.2 km/h (232.6 mph).

• 1922 - the first landing is made on USS Langley by Lt Cdr Geoffrey DeChevalier in a Aeromarine 39