JUNE19

1924 - 1st flight of the Blériot Bl-117, French twin engine monoplane heavy bomber prototype.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/france/bleriot-127.php - http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=813

1926 - 1st flight of The Blackburn R.>B.1 Iris I, British three-engined biplane flying boat used as a long-ranged maritime reconnaissance aircraft which carried out a number of notable long-distance flights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Iris

1930 - The all-metal Polish fighter, the PZL P-1, is the star of the International competition for fighter airplanes in Bucharest, Romania, winning 8 of the 15 prizes. This is a triumph for the brilliant designer Zygmund Pulawski, whose aircraft consistently out-performed those of his rivals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/June_in_aviation/June_19

1931 - 1st cross-Channel flight in a glider is made by Canadian opera singer Lissant Beardmore. He takes off from Lympne in a Professor glider (sailplane) and is towed by an aircraft to an altitude of 14,000 ft (4,300 m), landing at Saint-Inglevert after a flight of one and a half hour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Inglevert_Airfield#Between_the_wars -

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19310620&id=NVNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8EMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,810837

1933 - Birth of Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Patsayev

1935 - 1st flight of The Vickers Wellesley, British single engine light bomber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellesley

1936 - 1st flight of the Farman F-220-0 , french high wing 4 tandem engine 5 seat monoplane transport aircraft developped from the F-220.

http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=2204

1937 - 1st flight of The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, twin-engine aircraft used for training British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery during WWII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford

1942 - 1st flight of The SAAB 18, Swedish twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_18

1943 - Death of Per-Johan Erik Salwén, Swedish WWII top biplane fighter ace and test pilot, killed in the crash of the FFVS J22 fighter prototype he was test-flying.

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sweden_salwen.htm

1944 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea begins, 5th of 5 major "carrier-versus-carrier" engagements between American and Japanese naval forces. The battle was nicknamed the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" by American aviators for the severely disproportional loss ratio inflicted upon Japanese aircraft by American pilots and anti-aircraft gunners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea

1944 - Death of Ichiro Yamamoto, Japanese Navy WWII flying ace, killed in action during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Yamamoto

1944 - Death of Kozaburo Yasui, Japanese WWII flying ace, killed in action

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_Japan

1944 - David McCampbell with his F6F Hellcat shot down five Japanese 'Judy' dive-bombers, becoming an "ace in a day", during the "Marianas Turkey Shoot,"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCampbell

1947 - Death of Jacques Toussaint François Ortoli, French WWI flying ace who also served in WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ortoli - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/ortoli.php

1947 - The Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star prototype, modified as a racer and designated XP-80R, piloted by Colonel Albert Boyd sets a world air speed record of 623.73 mph (1,004.2 km/h)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star#Operational_history

1950 - 1st flight of The Hawker P.1081, also known as the "Australian Fighter", prototype British jet aircraft to meet a specification put out by the Australian government

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_P.1081

1950 - 1st fligth of The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk"), Canadian jet interceptor/fighter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-100_Canuck

1952 - 1st flight of The Yakovlev Yak-120 (later renamed Yak-25 - NATO designation Flashlight-A / Mandrake), Soviet swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-25

1954 - Carina Massone Negrone flies 2.987 km in 13h34m at an average speed of 299 km/h, beating 1936 record of General Andrews.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Massone_Negrone

1954 - Swissair Convair CV-240 ditched in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent having run out of fuel. Although all on board survived the ditching of the aircraft, three people drowned, as they could not swim and there were no lifejackets carried on board the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Swissair_Convair_CV-240_crash

1960 - Birth of Heike Walpot (Born Heike John), member of German Team at Olympic Games 1976 (swimming), Former astronaut and Airliner pilot.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Walpot

1960 - Death of William Henry Hubbard, Canadian WWI flying ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Hubbard - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/hubbard2.php

1962 - USAF superpressure unmanned research balloon lands near Iwo Jima, coming from Bermudas, covering 9,300 miles at a constant altitude of 68000ft after 19 days.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19620620&id=jhIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9psFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5455,2250363

1962 - A formation of 4 Lockheed F-104F Starfighter, practicing for the type's introduction-into-service ceremony, crashed together after descending through a cloud bank. Three Germans and one USAF pilot were killed, and the four aircraft destroyed. This accident was explained as probable spatial disorientation of the lead pilot, and formation aerobatic teams were consequently banned by the Luftwaffe from that day on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter

1963 - Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 are back on earth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_6

1965 - Death of Otto Fruhner, German WWI fighter ace, WWII Luftwaffe high ranking officer, one of the 1st aviators to parachute from a stricken aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Fruhner - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/fruhner.php

1967 - Introduction of the PA-28-180R Cherokee Arrow, Four place, retractable landing gear landplane.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/piper_pa-28.php

1970 - Soyuz 9, Soviet manned space flight, re-enters earth breaking the five-year-old space endurance record with their nearly 18-day flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_9

1995 - Death of Peter Wooldridge Townsend, RAF WWII flying ace and author also known for his ill-fated romance with Princess Margaret.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Townsend_(RAF_officer) - http://cieldegloire.com/002_raf_townsend_p_w.php

1999 - Launch of QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer), American Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer. Its primary mission is to measure the surface wind speed and direction over the ice-free global oceans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuikSCAT

2002 - Steve Fossett starts a fly around the world alone, nonstop, in a balloon. He launched the 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom from Northam, Western Australia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett

2002 - STS-111, NASA space shuttle Endeavour mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-111

2006 - 1st flight of The Lockheed C-5M 'Super' Galaxy, Upgrade version of the Ameridan large military transport aircraft.

http://www.air-attack.com/news/article/1748

2010 - Air Service Berlin Douglas C-47 Skytrain 'Rosinenbomber' crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport to a sightseeing flight over Berlin after the left engine failed. There were no fatalities, but seven out of the 28 passengers and crew were injured.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Air_Service_Berlin_Douglas_C-47_crash

2010 - Aero Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crashed in the Republic of the Congo killing all 11 people on board, including Australian mining magnate Ken Talbot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Cameroon_A%C3%A9ro_Service_CASA_C-212_Aviocar_crash