MARCH01
1885 - Birth of Otto Erich Lindpaintner, German Aviation Pioneer and racing driver.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lindpaintner
1887 - Birth of Pavel Vladimirovich Argeyev, Russian WWI fighter ace and test pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Argeyev - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/russia/argeyev.php
1888 - Birth of Robert Petschow, german balloonist.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Petschow
1891 - Birth of Chester Stairs Duffus, Canadian WWI flying ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Stairs_Duffus - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/duffus.php
1892 - Birth of Roy Cecil Phillipps, Australian WWI fighter ace and RAAF Intructor in WWII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Phillipps - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/phillipps.php
1894 - Birth of Leonida Schiona, Italian aviator, WWI fighter pilot, Intsructor, airliner pilot who also served in WWII and who founded the Society for the Civil Air Navigation Transadriatica.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonida_Schiona
1895 - Birth of Godfrey Bremridge, British WWI flying ace and RAF instructor in WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Brembridge - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/bremridge.php
1896 - Birth of Dan Able Kimball, American WWI pilot, executive of the rocket engine producer Aerojet Engineering Company and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_A._Kimball
1898 - Birth of Stanton William Bunting, british WWI fighter ace.
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/bunting.php
1898 - Birth of Hugh Granville 'Child pilot' White , British Royal Flying Corps WWI fighter ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_White_(aviator) - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/white2.php
1902 - Birth of Carlos de Haya González de Ubieta, Spanish Aviator.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_de_Haya_Gonz%C3%A1lez
1910 - Birth of Roberto Fassi, Spanish war and WWII italian flying ace.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_fassi.htm
1912 - Birth of Paolo Arcangeletti, Spanish war and WWII italian flying ace.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_arcangeletti.htm
1912- Capt. Albert Berry makes the 1st parachute descent from a powered airplane in America when he jumps from a Benoist pusher biplane aircraft that is being flown by the company pilot, Anthony Jannus. The aircraft is flying at a height of 1,500 ft. over Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and Berry uses a static line parachute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Berry_(parachutist) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jannus
1912 - Birth of Boris Evseyevich Chertok, prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Chertok
1914 - Birth of Vasilii Vasilyevich Yefremov, Soviet Soviet-Finnish Winter War and WWII fighter ace, one of the 1st pilots in Soviet Union to fly jets.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_yefremov.htm - http://www.cieldegloire.com/015_yefremov_v_v.php
1914 - Death of Jorge "George" Newbery, born Jorge Alejandro Newbery, Argentine pilot, in an airplane crash.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Newbery
1918 - Birth of of Wing Commander Adrian "Warby" Warburton, Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during WWII. A legend in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Warburton
1919 - An airmail service begins Folkestone and Cologne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation/March_1
1919 - German airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei (DLR) begins scheduled flights to Hamburg.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Luft-Reederei
1919 - Death of John Harry (Henry) McNeaney, Canadian WWI flying ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harry_McNeaney - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/mcneaney.php
1923 - Birth of Kenichi Abe, Japanese WWII Flying ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Abe
1924 - Birth of Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton, one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton
1925 - Ryan Airlines begins the 1st regularly scheduled passenger airline service flown within the mainland United States. The service runs between Los Angeles and San Diego
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation/March_1
1926 - 4 Royal Air Force Fairey IIIDs commanded by Wing Commander Conway Walter Heath Pulford begin a long-distance flight, taking them from Cairo to Cape Town and then on to Lee-on-Solent, England
1928 - An airmail route between France and Chile is opened with a fast sea link between Dakar, Senegal and Natal, Brazil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation/March_1
1928 - USAAC Lt. Burnie R. Dallas and Beckwith Havens made the first transcontinental flight in a Loening amphibious airplane. Total flight time in the Loening Amphibian was 32 hours, 45 minutes.
http://earlyaviators.com/biohaven.htm
1931 - Lucien Bossoutrot and Maurice Rossi sets a world flight duration record of 75h23min over 8822 km. with the Blériot 110 at La Sénia, Algeria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record
1935 - Death of Alexander George Vlasto, British WWI flying ace
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/vlasto.php
1937 - ANF Les Mureaux (Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France et des Mureaux), French aircraft manufacturer is absorbed into SNCAN (Société nationale de constructions aéronautiques du Nord)
http://www.aviastar.org/manufacturers/1515.html
1938 - Death of Gabriele D'Annunzio or d'Annunzio (ennobled by the King of Italy in 1924 as Principe di Montenevoso), Italian poet, journalist, novelist, dramatist, daredevil and WWI pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_D%27Annunzio - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_over_Vienna
1938 - Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC-2 encountered severe weather and radioed their intention to land in nearby Fresno. The aircraft never arrived, and was found three months later having crashed into a mountain in Yosemite National Park, killing all 9.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yosemite_TWA_crash
1940 - Death of Harold Alfred "Willy" Whistler, British WWI fighter ace, disappearing On a return trip to the United Kingdom from India on an Imperial Airways Handley Page H.P.42 over the Gulf of Oman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Whistler - http://theaerodrome.com/aces/england/whistler.php -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Airways#Accidents_and_incidents
1941 - RCAF No. 403 (Fighter) Squadron was formed at Bagington, England and RCAF No. 402 Squadron became operational at Digby, Lincolnshire, England.
1941 - New Zealand's 1st fighter squadron, No. 485 Squadron RNZAF is formed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF
1942 - A United States Navy (USN) Lockheed Hudson of VP82 sinks the submarine U-656, south west of Newfoundland. This is the 1st German submarine to be sunk by US forces in WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-656
1944 - 1st flight of The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (often called Gotha Go 229), German prototype flying wing fighter/bomber.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229
1945 - Death of Lothar Sieber, German test pilot while making the 1st vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter", WWII German point-defence rocket powered interceptor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_Sieber - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349
1948 - Death of Charles Eugene Joseph Marie Lefevre, French WWI flying ace
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/lefevre.php
1948 - 1st flight of The Curtiss-Wright XP-87 Blackhawk, prototype American all-weather jet fighter interceptor and company's last aircraft project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk
1949 - 1st flight of the Breguet Br 892S 'Mercure', French 4 engine high wing monoplane transport prototype.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breguet_890_Mercure - http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1930
1951 - RCAF No. 441 Squadron was reformed at St. Hubert, Quebec, and equipped with DH 1200 Vampire fighters.
1953 - 1st private pilots Aerial raid begins around spain. It will last 3 days and 2.140 km.
http://www.analitica.com/efemerides/1742721.asp
1953 - No.275 Squadron reforms at RAF Linton-on Ouse, becoming the 1st Royal Air Force (RAF) search and rescue helicopter squadron. This unit was equipped with the Bristol Sycamore HR13/HR14 helicopter.
1954 - United States hydrogen bombs are exploded on marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
1954 - A ban on the production of military aircraft in Japan is lifted. An agreement between the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and the Kawasaki Aircraft company gives Kawasaki the right to manufacture Lockheed F94C Starfire jets and T33A jets.
1955 - 1st (transition) flight of the Fairey Jet Gyrodyne,British experimental compound autogyro that incorporated helicopter, gyrodyne and autogyro characteristics, to gather data for the follow-up design, the Rotodyne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Jet_Gyrodyne
1956 – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotelephony_spelling_alphabet
1957 - Sud-Aviation, French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, is formed by the merger of Sud-Est (SNCASE, or Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est) and Sud-Ouest (SNCASO or Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Aviation
1958 - Birth of Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard
1962 - Los Angeles Airways (LAA) , Californian helicopter airline, is the 1st civil operator of the Sikorsky S-61 for commercial service using a turbine-powered, multi-engine helicopter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Airways
1962 – American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York, due to a rudder malfunction, killing all 95 passengers and crew on board.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_1
1963 - Death of Reginald Theodore Carlos "Georgie" Hoidge, Canadian WWI fighter ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Hoidge - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/hoidge.php
1964 - Paradise Airlines Flight 901A Lockheed L-049 crashed into terrain following an abandoned approach to Tahoe Valley Airport, California, United States, all 85 on board killed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation#Accidents_and_incidents
1966 - Launch of Kosmos 111 (E-6S series) 1st Soviet attempt to orbit a spacecraft around the Moon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_111
1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the 1st spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_3
1966 - Death of Alexander Renner, Austrian aviation pionneer and WWI pilot.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renner-Buben
1974 - 1st flight of The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States military. Developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion, mainly by adding a third engine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion
1976 - Death of Michael Vickers Love, American vietnam war pilot, USAF-NASA test pilot, Killed while attempting an emergency landing in an RF-4C on Rogers dry lake bed.
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/lovchael.htm - http://www.hannabasinmuseum.com/love-michael-v-killed-in-the-line-of-duty.html
1991 - Royal Air Force's 1st female navigator (multi-engine), Flying Officer Anne-Marie Dawe, graduates from No.6 Flying Training School, RAF Finningley. Flying Officer Dawe was subsequently posted to No.242 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Lyneham.
1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones set off in the balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 from Château d'Oex in Switzerland on the 1st non-stop balloon circumnavigation around the globe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitling_Orbiter
2000 - 1st flight of the Air Command Commander Elite F-30, American tandem-seat autogyro.
http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/aircommand.php
2002 - Launch of STS-109 (SM3B), NASA space shuttle Columbia mission for Hubble Space Telescope servicing, Last successful mission for Columbia before STS-107
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-109
2002 - Launch of Envisat ("Environmental Satellite"), Earth-observing satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envisat
2010 - Death of Major General Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin, soviet general and noted test pilot, son of aerospace engineer Sergei Ilyushin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Sergeievitch_Ilyushin
2011 - Death of John Michael "Mike" Lounge, American engineer, US Navy officer, Vietnam war veteran, and NASA astronaut.