Current Info 6/25/07
Jun 25th 2007FTCFTC Private Terminal
MMU FTC Celebrates the 80th Anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh’s non-stop Transatlantic solo flight.
June 23, 1905 - Fully controllable and maneuverable flight - First flight of the Wright Flyer #3 at Huffman Prairie, Dayton OH, in which a fully-controllable, powered aircraft was able to turn and bank, and remain aloft for up to 30 minutes.
June 22, 1909 - Aeroplane dealership - Wyckoff, Church & Partridge, auto dealers in New York City, acquired the Curtiss line.
June 21, 1914 - Woman parachutist - 15-year-old Georgia “Tiny” Broadwick made a tethered jump from 1,000′ over Los Angeles CA.
June 16, 1922 - Helicopter in controlled horizontal flight - Henry Berliner in a war-surplus Nieuport biplane fighter modified with tilting tail rotor, and a short-span upper wing with 14′0″ helicopter blades at the tips, in a demonstration for the military at College Park MD.
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