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We review in this installment the different international days and important dates that are celebrated in aviation worldwide.
This is a different post than the ones you are normally used to in nlarenas.com, We will review the international days that are celebrated in aviation and also those important dates that AvGeek we remember year after year as historical.
I have prepared a compilation of these dates, that could have their local variations changing country by country and that I invite you to continue completing with your contributions:
January
February
- 9 February 1969 the boeing 747 makes its first flight.
- 19 February 2002 the clutch 190 makes its first flight.
- 22 February 1987 the Airbus A320 makes its first flight.
March
- 2 march 1969 Concorde makes its first test flight in Toulouse.
April
International Pilot's Day
- 7 of April
International Flight Operations Technician Day
- 21 of April
World Pilot's Day
- 26 of April
- 27 april 2005 the Airbus A380 makes its first flight.
Mayo
- 22 May 1952 The first commercial jet aircraft in history, the De Havilland Comet, enters service.
Aviation Maintenance Technician Day
- 24 of May
International Cabin Crew Day
- 31 of May.
- 21 May 1927 Charles Lindberg completes the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
June
- 12 June 1994 the boeing 777 makes its first flight.
- 22 June 1984 The first flight around the world is completed without stopping or refueling., performed by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager on the Voyager plane.
July
- 15 July 1916 se funda Boeing.
August
- 19 august 1969 it melts Embraer.
- 27 august 1939 The first jet plane, a Heinkel He, takes off 178 V1
September
- 2 September 1916 first communication between two aircraft.
Aeronautical Engineer's Day
- 21 of September.
October
- 25 October 1991 first flight of the Airbus A340.
KLM Foundation
International Air Traffic Controller Day
November
- 16 November 1920 Australian airline Qantas founded.
December
Avianca Foundation
International Civil Aviation Day
- 7 from December.
- 15 from December to 2009 the boeing 787 makes its first flight.
Wright Brothers' first powered flight
- 17 from December.
- 18 from December to 1970 Airbus is founded.
- 31 from December to 1968 The Tupolev Tu-144 beats the Concorde as the world's first supersonic aircraft.
Is there a date missing? You can leave it in the comments of this post or on my social networks to continue enriching this list.
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Hello, i think the De Havilland Comet entered service on may 2nd
Thank you for the info!
Hello there! The 20 October is International ATC Day, not the 19😊
Updated.
Greetings, Nicholas. I will add additional historical dates:
14 October 1947: First flight to break the sound barrier via the Bell X-1 rocket aircraft piloted by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Charles "Chuck" Yeager.
4 October 1957: Launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik.
1 October 1958: US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Foundation. known as NASA.
12 april 1961: First human to travel to outer space aboard the Vostok capsule 1 crewed by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
16 June 1963: First woman to go into space aboard the Vostok capsule 6 manned by Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.
20 July 1969: Arrival of the first man to step on the lunar surface made by the Apollo mission 11 made by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins y Edwin «Buzz» Aldrin.
12 april 1981: First official launch of the North American space shuttle program Columbia.
21 from December to 1988: First flight of the world's largest heavy cargo plane, el Antonov An-225 Mriya
Genial, I'm putting them.