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This Day In Aviation History — January
January Aviation Events & Milestones https://www.skytamer.com/January.html
March 29 (The publish
date of HL 369)
- 29 March 1858 (Australia) — Two men, Brown and Dean,
make the first balloon flight in Australia in a hydrogen balloon named the
“Australasian.”
- 29 March 1920 (England) — Located about 10 miles due
south of the City of London, England, Waddon Airport at Croydon is used
for the first time as London's airport. Until this date, Hownslow has been
considered the capital's main airport.
- 29 March 1923 (USA) — Lieut. Alexander Pearson, USAS,
makes a record 500 km flight, 167.8 mph in a Verville-Sperry, with Wright
350-hp engine, at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
- 29 March 1923 (USA) — Lieut. L. J. Maitland, USAS, at
McCook Field, makes a record speed flight in an Army-Curtiss Racer, 239.95
mph.
- 29 March 1923 (USA) — Lieut. H. R. Harris, USAS, in a
DH-4B at Dayton, Ohio, establishes a world record for 1,000 km of 127.4
mph. Harris also sets record of 114.35 mph for 1,500 km.
- 29 March 1951 (USA) — Flight Safety Inc. begins
operations at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, New York with
just one secretary and rented late night hours on a Link trainer
simulator.
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