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Aug 8, 1908 - Altitude, distance, and duration record - Wilbur Wright surpassed existing French flight records for all three events at Camp d’Auvours, France.

Aug 23, 1909 - Speed record - At the world’s first major air meet in Rheims, France, Glenn Curtiss became the first American to claim the recognized speed record by flying at 43.385 mph in his biplane.

Aug 25, 1909 - Army air field - On ground leased at College Park MD.

Aug 20, 1910 - Gun fired from an airplane - Two shots were fired from a Curtiss biplane at a ground target with a rifle by Lt Jacob A Fickel at Sheepshead Bay NY. Several claims of earlier occasions are unsubstantiated.

Aug 4, 1939 - Hydraulic carrier-deck catapult - Flush-deck catapults first used on carriers Yorktown and Enterprise to launch Curtiss SBC-3 and Vought O3U-3.

Aug 1, 1952 - Helicopter to fly across the Atlantic - Two Sikorsky S-55s set not only this record, but the non-stop distance record for rotary-wing aircraft, as well, in flying 3,410 miles from Westover MA to Prestwick, Scotland in 42h:25m. Pilots were USAF Capt Vincent H McGovern and Lt Harold W Moore.

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