Current Info 6/28/07
Jun 28th 2007FTCFTC Private Terminal
July 4, 1908 - Wholly public flight - Glenn H Curtiss flew more than a mile at Hammondsport NY in the AEA’s June Bug, bringing him the Scientific American trophy. Fitted with wingtip ailerons, it also brought a lawsuit by the Wrights over infringement of their patent.
July 17, 1908 - Air ordinances - Laws were passed governing local aeronautical activities at Kissimmee FL.
July 17, 1910 - Mile-high altitude record - Walter Brookins climbed 6,234′ (>6,175′) into the sky over Atlantic City NJ in his new Wright Model A, for which he was awarded a $5,000 prize.
July 1, 1911 - US Navy airplane - Curtiss D Triad as Navy A-1, first flown by Lt T G Ellyson. This was followed by a Curtiss A-2 and Wright B-1.
July 18, 1914 - Army Aviation Section created - As part of the Army Signal Corps. Strength: 60 officers and cadets, 260 enlisted men.
July 21, 1921 - Battleship sunk by airplanes - Joint service tests against the German battleship Ostfriesland ended dramatically when BrigGen Billy Mitchell’s Army bombers dropped eleven 1000- and 2000-pound bombs, sinking the ship.
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