JUNE07
1882 - Birth of George de Bothezat, Russian American engineer, businessman and pioneer of helicopter flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Bothezat
1886 - Birth of Henri Marie Coanda , Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft in 1910, the Coanda-1910 described by Coanda as the world's 1st jet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coand%C4%83
1890 - Birth of Andre Jean Delorme, French WWI flying ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Delorme - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/delorme.php
1890 - Birth of Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded as the founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Riiser-Larsen
1892 - Birth of Bruce Jackman, British WWI flyign ace
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/jackman.php
1894 - Birth of Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer, WWI Flying ace, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_de_Seversky - http://theaerodrome.com/aces/russia/deseversky.php
1894 - Birth of Florentin Bonnet, French WWI pilot , Test pilot and air racer.
http://www.aerosteles.net/article.php?code=107
1896 - Birth of Kurt Jacob, German WWI flying ace.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/jacob.php
1896 - Birth of Percy Jack "Pip" Clayson, British WWI fighter ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Jack_Clayson - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/clayson.php
1896 - Birth of William Jameson Cairnes, Irish WWI flying ace.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/ireland/cairnes.php
1896 - Birth of Douglas Campbell, American aviator and WWI flying ace. He was the 1st American aviator flying in an American unit to achieve the status of ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Campbell_(aviator) - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/campbell1.php
1898 - Birth of William Roy "Sambo" Irwin, Canadian WWI flying ace, WWII Flying instructor who served later on the Canadian Transport Commission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Irwin - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/irwin.php
1900 - Birth of Frederick Emmons Terman, American academic, credited (together with William Shockley) with being the father of Silicon Valley. During World War II, Terman directed a staff of more than 850 at the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University. This organization was the source of Allied jammers to block enemy radar, tunable receivers to detect radar signals, and aluminum strips (“chaff”) to produce spurious reflections on enemy radar receivers. These countermeasures significantly reduced the effectiveness of radar-directed anti-aircraft fire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman
1904 - Birth of Mieczyslaw Adolf Medwecki, Polish Aerobatic pilot, Instructor and WWII fighter pilot, 1st WWII pilot to be killed in combat.
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Medwecki
1912 - 1st machine gun fired from an aeroplane : Captain Charles Chandler of the US Army fired a prototype Lewis Gun from the foot-bar of a Wright Model B Flyer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_gun#Aircraft_use
1915 - LZ 37 becomes the 1st Zeppelin destroyed in air-to-air combat when it is bombed by Flt Sub-Lt Reginald Warneford, RNAS flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins
1915 - Birth of Biagio Guarnaccio, WWII Italian pilot.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biagio_Guarnaccio
1917 - Death of Ernst Wiessner, German WWI flying ace, killed in action in his Albatros DV .
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/wiessner.php - http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Wiessner
1917 - Birth of Francisco Meroño Pellicer, Spanish Republican flying ace of the civil war who became also a fighter ace with the soviets during WWII in Russia.
http://historiasdelaviacion.blogspot.fr/ - http://www.wio.ru/aces/acenn2.htm
1918 - Death of Fritz Kieckhäfer, German WWI flying ace, from wounds whilst attaching an R.E.8 near Lille one month before.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/kieckhafer.php
1918 - Death of James Jeffery Dawe, British WWI flying ace, killed in action in his S.E.5A
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/dawe.php
1919 - Death of Charles Jean Vincent Macé, French WWI flying ace, killed in a flying accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._V._Mac%C3%A9 - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/mace.php
1919 - Daimler Air Hire, British private air hire company, is formed. It will become later Daimler Airway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Airway
1920 - Birth of Joachim Kirschner, German WWII fighter ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Kirschner
1927 - 1st flight of The Supermarine S.5, British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine. Designed specifically for the Schneider Trophy competition, the S.5 was the progenitor of a line of racing aircraft that ultimately led to the Supermarine Spitfire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_S.5
1931 - French Marcel Doret, Joseph Marie Le Brix and René Mesmin take off with the 3 seat record aircraft Dewoitine D-33 'Trait d'union' for a world close course record attempt.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Doret - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Le_Brix
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Mesmin - http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=335
1933 - The last Ford Trimotor (also called the "Tri-Motor", and nicknamed "The Tin Goose"), American three-engined transport plane, is produced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Trimotor
1937 - Ira Clarence Eaker completes the 1st blind (instruments only) transcontinental flight, landing in Los Angeles from New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker#Air_Service_and_Air_Corps_career
1938 - 1st flight of the Weir W.5, British converted W.4 autogyro into a single-seater helicopter by using two rotors carried by outriggers on either side of the fuselage.
http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/weir_w5.php
1938 - 1st flight of The Douglas DC-4E, 4 engines, 3 tails design American experimental airliner which will lead to the final version of the DC-4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-4E
1938 - 1st flight of The Boeing 314 Clipper, American long-range 4 engine flying boat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314
1939 - Death of Francisco Sarabia Tinoco, Mexican commercial aviation pioneer, Founder and administrator of the 'Transportes Aéreos de Chiapas', who set a speed record between Mexico and New york. On his way back with his Gee-Bee 'Conquistador Cielo', his plane crashed in the Potomac River just after take off from Washington DC.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Sarabia_Tinoco
1940 - A converted NC.223.4, French civilian transport aircraft, operated by French Navy squadron B5, bombs Berlin. It is the 1st Allied air raid on the German capital during WWII, and the only such raid to be carried out on Berlin before France falls. According to one account of this raid, the aircrew threw incendiary bombs out of the passenger entry door. One enraged French airman even went so far as to pull his shoes off and throw them out as well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farman_F.220
1942 - End of the Battle of Midway, Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu were sunk, as was USS Yorktown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway
1942 - Death of Clarence Leonard Tinker, Osage Indian, WWII pilot, 1st American Indian in U.S. Army history to attain the rank of Major General and 1st American General killed in WWII. He decided personally to lead a force of early model B-24s against the retreating Japanese naval forces. Near Midway Island his plane was seen to go out of control and plunge into the sea. General Tinker and eight other crewmen perished. His body was never recovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_L._Tinker
1942 - A handley Page Halifax permorming Htest of the H2S (1st airborne, ground scanning radar system) crashed near the village of Welsh Bicknor. Whilst at an altitude of 500ft the Halifax developed an engine fire which rapidly grew out of control. The aircraft was seen to lose altitude, then rolled inverted and struck the ground, killing the crew and several EMI personnel on board, including Alan Blumlein, pioneer of television and stereo audio recording.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blumlein#Death - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2S_radar#Second_World_War
1943 - Death of Yoshimi Hidaka, Japanese WWII fighter ace, killed in action
http://zeke.s232.xrea.com/kaigun/index.html
1944 - Death of Masuaki Endo, Japanese WWII fighter ace, ramming his A6M2 Zero into a Curtiss P-40.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/010_endo_m.php
1944 - 1st allied airstrip (B1) in Normandy at Asnelles north east of Bayeux, is completed and becomes operational.
1944 - Birth of Lars Gunnar Robert Rådeström, Swedish fighter aircraft test pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_R%C3%A5destr%C3%B6m
1944 - Death of Frank Lucien Hale, American WWI flying ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hale - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/hale.php
1946 - 1st flight of The Short Sturgeon, British twin engine high-performance torpedo bomber. With the end of the war in the Pacific it was no longer needed as such and was redesigned 1st into a target tug and then later as a prototype anti-submarine aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sturgeon
1947 - Death of Miroslav (Friedrich) Navratil, Austro Hungarian WWI flying ace and general who served in the armies of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the Independent State of Croatia, executed on the false charge of war crimes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Navratil - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/navratil.php
1947 - 1st flight of the Fouga CM.10, French high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tricycle Assault glider.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouga_CM.10
1954 - Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (commonly known as PIA), flag carrier airline of Pakistan begins operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines
1961 - Launch of Rehbar-I, Pakistan's space launch vehicle, 1st rocket launched into outer space by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehbar-I
1965 - Gemini 4 is back on earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_4
1966 - Robert Wallick and co-pilot wife Joan complete their round the world flight in Manila, Philippine, in 5 days, 6 hours, 17 minutes, and 10 seconds spanning a record distance of 23,129 miles with a twin engined Beech Baron C-55 called Philippine Baron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_Joan_Wallick
1971 - Death of Joseph Oswald Mauborgne, American military scientist, largely responsible for the high type of radio equipments developed for US forces who rendered unusual services in connection with cipher telegraphy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mauborgne
1973 - Bahamasair Holdings Limited, operating as Bahamasair, National airline based in the Bahamasair House in Nassau, Bahamas, begins operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamasair
1979 - Launch of Bhaskara-I, India's 1st low orbit Earth Observation Satellite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaskara_(satellite)
1981 - Operation Opera. Israeli Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons make a long-range strike into Iraq to destroy the nuclear reactor at Osirak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera
1983 - Launch of Venera 16, Soviet space probe to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_16
1985 - Death of Frank Harold Taylor, Canadian WWI flying ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Harold_Taylor - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/taylor3.php
1988 - Launch of Soyuz TM-5, Soviet mission to Mir, with Aleksandr Aleksandrov 1st Bulgarian cosmonaut to visit a space station and Abdul Ahad Mohmand, 1st Afghan cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-5
1989 - Surinam Airways Flight PY764, a DC-8, crashed while attempting to land in heavy fog at Paramaribo, Suriname. The plane hit trees and flipped upside down, killing 176 of 187 people on board.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_Airways_Flight_PY764
1992 - American Eagle Flight 5456 CASA C-212 operated by Executive Airlines crashed during heavy rain into a swamp, short of the runway at Eugenio María de Hostos Airport in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico killing all 5 on board.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eagle_Flight_5456
1992 - Launch of EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer), American space telescope for ultraviolet (UV) astronomy, 1st satellite mission especially for the short-wave ultraviolet range.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Ultraviolet_Explorer
1994 - At 12 years old, Vicki van Meter becomes the youngest female pilot to fly the Atlantic with a Cessna 210.
2000 - Launch of TSX-5 (Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5), American Military surveillance satellite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSX-5
2006 - 2 USAF F-16C dropped two 500-pound (230 kg) guided bombs, a laser-guided GBU-12 and GPS-guided GBU-38 on a building north of Baqubah, Iraq, killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant Islamist responsible for a series of bombings, beheadings, and attacks during the Iraq War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi#Death
2011 - Launch of Soyuz TMA-02M russian spacecraft to the ISS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-02M
2011 - Death of Maynard L. Hill, American designer of model airplanes who secured a spot in aviation history when one of his creations (TAM 5 or the spirit of Butts Farm) flew 1,882 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on less than a gallon of fuel,
http://tam.plannet21.com/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Butts_Farm