American Aviation Historical Society

1942

12 B-24s made first attack against Ploesti oil refineries

1979

Bryan Allen, flying Paul McCready’s Gossamer Albatross, wins the Kremer Prize for the first man-powered a/c to fly across the English Channel. The flight from Folkestone, England to Cap Gris-Nez, France took 2 hr, 55 min.

1994

First Computer-designed commercial aircraft - Boeing 777-200 first flown.