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Sep 20, 1904 - Complete circle made by an airplane - Wright Flier, piloted by Wilbur Wright.

Sep 2 (>12), 1910 - Woman to solo a powered airplane - Blanche Scott; however, since it was never established if her brief flight, measured in seconds, was intentional or accidental (some witnesses claimed it was caused by a gust of wind), Bessica Medlar Raiche is more often credited with her solo flight on Sep 16, 1910, although Scott did rate her own US postage stamp in 1995.

Sep 17-Nov 5, 1911 - Transcontinental flights - Calbraith P Rodgers, in Wright EX Vin Fiz, from Sheepshead Bay NY to Pasadena CA, 3,390 (estimated) miles in 82h:04m flying time, requiring 49 days and 69 stops, many of them crashes. SEE The Vin Fiz story. Almost concurrently, Robert G Fowler began the first west-to-east crossing on 10/19/11, from Los Angeles to Jacksonville FL, 2,520 miles in 112 days ending 2/12/12. SEE The Fowler story.

Sep 18, 1918 -Altitude record - 28,899′ attained by Army Maj Rudolph W “Shorty” Schroeder over Dayton OH.

Sep 1918 - Service combat ace - Capt Edward V Rickenbacker, with a final victory total of 26. First victory on Apr 29, 1918 (eight days after the death of von Richthofen). First American combat ace outside of US service was Capt Paul F Baer, serving with Lafayette Escadrille.

Sep 18, 1923 - Airplane-airship hook-up - Over Langley Field VA, a Sperry M-1 Messenger (p: Lt Rex K Stoner) “landed” on a trapeze suspended from the D-3 Army Air Service airship. Accomplished again on 12/15/24, with Army airship TC-3.

Sep 22, 1950 - Transatlantic jet flight - USAF Col David C Schilling flew from England to Limestone ME, 3,300 miles in 10h:01m.

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