MARCH28
1843 - William Samuel Henson (1805-1888) receives the patent and publishes in London his design for an Aerial Steam Carriage. This is the 1st reasoned, formulated, and detailed design for a propeller-driven aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation/March_28
1854 - Birth of George White, English businessman and stockbroker who formed, with his brother Samuel, the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_White,_1st_Baronet
1867 - Birth of Patrick Young Alexander, British aeronautical pioneer who performed many metrological and aviation experiments, designing and building his own equipment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Young_Alexander
1893 - Birth of Russell Lowell Maughan, American pioneer aviator, WWI fighter pilot, Raid pilot, record setter and WWII high ranking officer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Maughan
1894 - Birth of Julius Buckler, German WWI fighter ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Buckler - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/buckler.php
1895 - Birth of James Thomas Byford McCudden, British WWI fighter ace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCudden - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/mccudden1.php
1896 - Birth of Joseph Henry Siddall, British WWI flying ace
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/siddall.php
1897 - Birth of Arthur Martens, German glider pilot and WWI pilot, kiled in a flying accident.
http://www.frontflieger.de/3-m-f.html
1897 - Birth of Frank Monroe Hawks, American record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft. He took Amelia Earhart on her 1st flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hawks
1910 - 1st flight of Henri Fabre's Hydroavion (Le Canard - The Duck), 1st powered seaplane in the world, takes place at La Mède harbor, Martigues, France. The hydroplane flies for about 1,600 ft. at the maximum height of 7 ft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fabre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Canard
1911 - Death of Giuseppe 'Jean' Cei, Italian aviation pioneer, in the crash of his Caudron on Rotschild Island near Puteaux, France.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Cei
1912 - Birth of Marina Mikhailovna Raskova, famous Russian navigator, often referred to as the "Russian Amelia Earhart". She later became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties in World War II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Raskova
1913 – Lts. Thomas DeWitt Milling and William Carrington Sherman set a two-man duration and distance record in a Burgess of f4 hours and 22 min for 220 miles from Texas City, Texas to San Antonio.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/au/sherman.pdf
1918 - The sole Breguet LE (Laboratoire Eiffel), French single seat fighter monoplane prototype, dived into the ground at full throttle, the pilot, Jean Saucliere, losing his life.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/france/breguet_le.php - http://www.aviafrance.com/breguet-le-aviation-france-502.htm
1920 - Croydon Airport supplanted Hounslow Heath to become the approved airport serving London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounslow_Heath_Aerodrome#Decline
1923 - The Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) is established.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica
1925 - 1st flight ofThe Fokker D.XIV, fighter aircraft developed in the Netherlands but which was only produced as a single prototype. It was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage, derived from the Fokker V.25 that had been developed during World War I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XIV
1931 - 1st flight of The Mitsubishi Type 92 (2MR8), Japanese parasol monoplane short-range reconnaissance aircraft , 1st military aircraft powered by an engine both designed and manufactured in Japan to enter service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_2MR8
1932 - Irkut Corporation, Russian aircraft manufacturer, member of the United Aircraft Corporation is formed . It is best known as being the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.
http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/irkut.php
1932 - Jim Mollison sets a new speed record between the United Kingdom and Cape Town, taking 4 days 17 hours in a de Havilland Puss Moth.
1933 - 1st flight of the Bernard 61T, French 3 engine, twelve seat passenger wooden high wing cantilever monoplane transport prototype.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_60 - http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=10051
1933 - Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II 'City of Liverpool', crashed near Diksmuide (Dixmude), northern Belgium, after an onboard fire, killing all 15.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Imperial_Airways_Dixmude_crash
1935 - Robert Goddard launches the world's 1st successful liquid-fuelled rocket in Roswell, New Mexico. It successfully flew to an altitude of 1.46 kilometres (0.91 mi; 4,800 ft) using his guidance system. This rocket also achieved supersonic velocity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goddard_(scientist)
1935 - 1st flight of The Consolidated PBY Catalina, American flying boat, most widely used multi-role aircraft of WWII, anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escorts, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), and cargo transport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
1936 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) commences operational use of the newly constructed 8-ft.-high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley, Virginia. Built as a companion to the full scale tunnel capable of simulated speeds of up to 118 mph, the new facility can test models and components to 577 mph (Mach 0.75).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation/March_28
1938 - 1st flight of the Atalante GB-10, French 2 seat High wing monoplane trainer.
http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9967
1938 - Death of Federico Cozzolino during the spanish war, Italian pilot who participated at the Istres-Damas-Paris raid.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Cozzolino
1939 - Death of Miguel García Pardo, Spanish Nationalist flying ace of the civil war, credited with the only victory flying a He 112 in Spain, killed in a flying accident in his Heinkel 112.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/spain_garcia.htm
1942 - 1st German city to be attacked in substantial numbers by the RAF is Lübeck, 1st major success for RAF Bomber Command against a German city,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_L%C3%BCbeck_in_World_War_II
1946 - Birth of Prof. Dr. Wubbo Johannes Ockels, Dutch physicist and a former ESA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubbo_Ockels
1948 - B-29 Superfortresses undergo aerial refueling tests, demonstrating the viability of this technique to extend the range of strategic bombers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation
1952 - 1st delivery to an airline (United Air Lines) of the Convair C-340, American airliner developped from the Convair C-240.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/convair_metro.php?p=1
1957 - 1st flight of The Canadair CP-107 Argus (CL-28), marine reconnaissance aircraft, developped from the Bristol Britannia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CP-107_Argus
1960 - Death of Henry John "Hank" Burden, Canadian WWI fighter ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Burden - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/burden.php
1961 - CSA Flight 511 Ilyushin Il-18 crashed in Gräfenberg near Nürnberg, killing all 52. German investigation commission stated that the primary cause of the accident was a pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators refused this conclusion and stated that the accident was caused by an explosion near a tail of the plane. The plane was shot down according to the Soviets. Czechoslovakia accepted the German report 2.5 years after the crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8CSA_Flight_511
1961 - Air Afrique, Pan-African airline, that was mainly owned by many West African countries is formed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Afrique
1961 - WS-125 project (scheduled to be named B-72), American proposed super long range nuclear-powered bomber, is cancelled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-125
1973 - Death of Cecil Roy Richards, Australian WWI flying ace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Roy_Richards - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/richards.php
1980 - 1st flight of The British Aerospace Jetstream 31, British mall twin-turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage, developed from the earlier Handley Page Jetstream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Aerospace_Jetstream
1980 - The 1,000th production Learjet is delivered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/March_in_aviation
1980 - Death of George Owen Johnson, Canadian WWI flying ace, raid pilot who remained in the RCAF until the end of WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Owen_Johnson - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/johnson2.php
1981 - Air France flies it's last Sud Aviation Caravelle service, from Amsterdam to Paris.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Aviation_SE_210_Caravelle
1981 - 1st flight of the modified Dornier Do-228-100, twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, fitted with a new fuselage and tail plus the TNT wing.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/dorn_do-228.php
1988 - 1st delivery to Air France of the Airbus A320, French short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliner.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/inter/airbus-320.php
2005 – Chicago Express Airlines, Amrican regional airline, also known as ATA Connection, ceased operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Express_Airlines
2009 - STS-119, space shuttle mission Discovery to the ISS, is back on earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-119
2010 - Death of Alfredo "Fred" John Ascani, American Major General and test pilot of the USAF. He was one of the "Men of Mach 1" and was considered father of Systems Engineering at Wright Field