Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/September in aviation/September 19
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- 1962 - The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy makes it's maiden flight.
- 1921 - the first regular scheduled airline service in Latin America commences, with Colombian airline SCADTA operating float-equipped Junkers F.13s between Barranquilla and Girandot.
- 1902 - The Wright Brothers begin testing their third glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 1784, the brothers Robert and Colin Hullin take a balloon ride over 186 km from Paris to Beuvry.
- 1783, the Montgolfiers launch a sheep, duck, and rooster in a hot-air balloon in a demonstration for King Louis XVI of France. The balloon rises some 500 m (1,700 ft) and returns the animals unharmed to the ground.
