1940 - Igor Sikorsky patented his first helicopter.
And also .......
1939 - Regular transatlantic air services began as a Pan American Airways 'Yankee Clipper] took off from Port Washington, New York, bound for Europe.
1932 - Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh began his solo flight across the Atlantic
