Notable Moments in Aviation History

01January

• 07/1785: First balloon flight across the English Channel
• 26/1911: First takeoff and landing of an aircraft on water in the U.S.

02February

• 04/1902: Charles Lindbergh was born in Detroit
• 20/1962: John Glenn flew into orbit
• 22/1921: Transcontinental airmail began

03March

• 08/1910: France’s La Baronne Dé Larchoe became the first certified woman pilot
• 15/1972: NASA announced space shuttle program
• 22/1921: Transcontinental airmail began

04April

• 12/1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
• 16/1867: Wilbur Wright was born
• 17/1964: Geraldine “Jerrie” Fredritz Mock was the first woman to fly around the world
• 27/1927: Spirit of St. Louis completed

05May

• 15/1939: The AOPA was founded
• 20/1927: Charles Lindbergh flew solo nonstop from New York to Paris across the Atlantic
• 21/1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

06June

• 26/1936: First successful helicopter flight

07July

• 20/1969: Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon
• 22/1933: Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae became the first person to fly solo around the world

08August

• 19/1871: Orville Wright was born
• 19: National Aviation Day
• 21/1911: First documented spin recovery by an aircraft

09September

• 02/1910: Blanche Scott became the first U.S. woman pilot to fly solo

10October

• 11/1910: Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to fly
• 29/1998: John Glenn became the oldest person in space

11November

• 01/1870: The National Weather Service was founded
• 02/1947: First and only flight of the Spruce Goose

12December

• 14/1986: Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew the Voyager on the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world.
• 17/1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright make first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (Wright Brothers Day)