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On 26 February the no-fly zone over the US President's White House in Washington was established.
Any guess as to the year?
1935, yes 1935
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Washington's main airport has been close to the White House since the mid-1920s. Here's part of a Wiki:
Airport facilities in Washington, D.C., had long been seriously inadequate early in the 20th Century. Hoover Field, located near the present site of the Pentagon, was the first major terminal to be developed in the Capital area, opening its doors in 1926. Hoover Field had a single runway intersected by a local street (guards had to stop automobile traffic during takeoffs and landings).
The following year, Washington Airport, another privately operated field, began service next door. In 1930, the economics of the Great Depression caused the two terminals to merge to form Washington-Hoover Airport. Bordered on the east by Highway One, with its accompanying high-tension electrical wires, and obstructed by a high smokestack on one approach and a dump nearby, the field was less than adequate.
National Airport opened its doors on June 16, 1941. Though located in Virginia, much of the site had originally been underwater, in District of Columbia territory. A 1945 law established the airport as legally within Virginia but under the jurisdiction of Congress.
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I question that Highway One was at east side of Hoover Field. My memory says it's always been south of the location of Hoover field.
Any guess as to the year?
1935, yes 1935
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Washington's main airport has been close to the White House since the mid-1920s. Here's part of a Wiki:
Airport facilities in Washington, D.C., had long been seriously inadequate early in the 20th Century. Hoover Field, located near the present site of the Pentagon, was the first major terminal to be developed in the Capital area, opening its doors in 1926. Hoover Field had a single runway intersected by a local street (guards had to stop automobile traffic during takeoffs and landings).
The following year, Washington Airport, another privately operated field, began service next door. In 1930, the economics of the Great Depression caused the two terminals to merge to form Washington-Hoover Airport. Bordered on the east by Highway One, with its accompanying high-tension electrical wires, and obstructed by a high smokestack on one approach and a dump nearby, the field was less than adequate.
National Airport opened its doors on June 16, 1941. Though located in Virginia, much of the site had originally been underwater, in District of Columbia territory. A 1945 law established the airport as legally within Virginia but under the jurisdiction of Congress.
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I question that Highway One was at east side of Hoover Field. My memory says it's always been south of the location of Hoover field.
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On February 28, 1919, the first international air passenger by heavier-than-air machine arrived in Canada. W.E. Boeing was flown to Vancouver, B.C. from Seattle, Washington, in a Boeing C-700 seaplane by Edward Hubbard.
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March 1st, 1951
St. Hubert, Quebec. RCAF No. 441 Squadron was reformed, and equipped with D.H.100 Vampire fighters.
St. Hubert, Quebec. RCAF No. 441 Squadron was reformed, and equipped with D.H.100 Vampire fighters.
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March 5, 1943
Gloucester, England. At Cranwell, the prototype Gloster Meteor, Halford H.1 engined, twin-jet fighter, DG206, flies for the first time.
Gloucester, England. At Cranwell, the prototype Gloster Meteor, Halford H.1 engined, twin-jet fighter, DG206, flies for the first time.
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March 7, 1924
Lieutenant E.H. Barksdale and his navigator B.Q. Jones fly an American-built DH-4B, 575 miles from McCook Field, Dayton Ohio, to Mitchell Field, New York, on instruments only.
Lieutenant E.H. Barksdale and his navigator B.Q. Jones fly an American-built DH-4B, 575 miles from McCook Field, Dayton Ohio, to Mitchell Field, New York, on instruments only.
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March 7, 1965
A Qantas Boeing 707-338B completed the first non-stop commercial flight across the Pacific. The JT3D turbofan powered airliner took just 14 hours, 33 minutes, to fly the 7,424 miles, from Sydney to San Francisco.
A Qantas Boeing 707-338B completed the first non-stop commercial flight across the Pacific. The JT3D turbofan powered airliner took just 14 hours, 33 minutes, to fly the 7,424 miles, from Sydney to San Francisco.
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March 8, 1910
Elise Deroche, the colorful self-styled Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, becomes the first woman in the world to receive a pilot’s license in Paris.
March 8, 1910
Claude Moore-Brabazon receives the Royal Aero Club’s first aviator’s certificate in London. Charles Rolls receives the second. Edited to add that elsewhere it is reported that Henri Farmen received the first British pilot's licence.
March 8, 1917
Count F. von Zeppelin died at the age of almost 79.
Elise Deroche, the colorful self-styled Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, becomes the first woman in the world to receive a pilot’s license in Paris.
March 8, 1910
Claude Moore-Brabazon receives the Royal Aero Club’s first aviator’s certificate in London. Charles Rolls receives the second. Edited to add that elsewhere it is reported that Henri Farmen received the first British pilot's licence.
March 8, 1917
Count F. von Zeppelin died at the age of almost 79.
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March 9th
1919. Toronto, Canada. A wind tunnel is completed at the University of Toronto.
1934.
Four US Army air-mail pilots die in weather-related crashes. The crashes will result in an investigation, concluding in a decision to have commercial air lines carry the mail.
1934.
Four US Army air-mail pilots die in weather-related crashes. The crashes will result in an investigation, concluding in a decision to have commercial air lines carry the mail.
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March 10, 1945
Tokyo residents survey the devistation after wave upon wave of U.S. B-29 Stratofortresses dropped thousands of tons of incendiary bombs last night, turning the largely wooden-built city into an inferno, killing between 80,000 and 130,000 people. Only 14 B-29s are lost; five crews were rescued from the Pacific.
March 10, 1953
Toronto, Canada The DHC-2 Mk.2 prototype, an Alvis Leonides-powered Beaver, was flown for the first time. Test-pilot G.A. Neal at the controls. The Mk.2 prototype's
vertical stabiliser was 30 percent larger than the Mk.1.
Tokyo residents survey the devistation after wave upon wave of U.S. B-29 Stratofortresses dropped thousands of tons of incendiary bombs last night, turning the largely wooden-built city into an inferno, killing between 80,000 and 130,000 people. Only 14 B-29s are lost; five crews were rescued from the Pacific.
March 10, 1953
Toronto, Canada The DHC-2 Mk.2 prototype, an Alvis Leonides-powered Beaver, was flown for the first time. Test-pilot G.A. Neal at the controls. The Mk.2 prototype's
vertical stabiliser was 30 percent larger than the Mk.1.
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March 12
1908. Keuka Lake, New York. Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss watches his first aeroplane, "Red Wing" take flight for the first time. Curtiss's first aeroplane ride won't take place for another two months.
1917. RFC pilot James McCudden wins the Military Cross. McCudden becomes the most highly decorated British Empire Pilot of W.W.I, and at 57 confirmed victories, he was one of the highest scoring British aces.
1953. An RAF Avro Lincoln is shot down by MIG fighters
while flying on, (or near), the air corridor linking Hamburg and Berlin. 6 of the 7 crew perish.
1917. RFC pilot James McCudden wins the Military Cross. McCudden becomes the most highly decorated British Empire Pilot of W.W.I, and at 57 confirmed victories, he was one of the highest scoring British aces.
1953. An RAF Avro Lincoln is shot down by MIG fighters
while flying on, (or near), the air corridor linking Hamburg and Berlin. 6 of the 7 crew perish.
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March 13
1928. Hamilton, Ontario. First Canadian woman to become a licensed pilot. Miss Eileen M. Vollick received Private Pilot's License No. 77, flying a Curtiss JN-4 Canuck. She also made several parachute jumps, her first in the summer of 1927.
1943. San Diego, USA. Consolidated Aircraft merges with Vultee to form Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp. (Convair). The company produces 10,400 aircraft that year. Vultee had previously boasted the world's fastest airplane assembly line, exceeding any German, Russian, Japanese or British factory.
1943. San Diego, USA. Consolidated Aircraft merges with Vultee to form Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp. (Convair). The company produces 10,400 aircraft that year. Vultee had previously boasted the world's fastest airplane assembly line, exceeding any German, Russian, Japanese or British factory.
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March 14th
1935. Kent, England. The Percival Gull makes its maiden flight.
1936. London. Imperial Airways starts a weekly service to Hong Kong.
1939. Yukon Southern Air Transport Ltd. was formed, taking over the operations of United Air Transport Ltd. Later, Yukon Southern becomes part of Canadian Pacific Airlines.
1936. London. Imperial Airways starts a weekly service to Hong Kong.
1939. Yukon Southern Air Transport Ltd. was formed, taking over the operations of United Air Transport Ltd. Later, Yukon Southern becomes part of Canadian Pacific Airlines.
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March 15th
1908. First attempt to sell aircraft in Canada. The Franco-American Automobile Co. of Montreal, Quebec, advertised Voisin aircraft and Chanute type gliders for sale.
1918. U.S. Army pilots fly their first patrol of the war, in Nieuport 28s; their mission is to keep German reconnaissance aircraft away from the river Marne.
1918. U.S. Army pilots fly their first patrol of the war, in Nieuport 28s; their mission is to keep German reconnaissance aircraft away from the river Marne.
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I have it on excellent authority that today is Thursday, March 15, 2007. Thus I calculate that yesterday would have been March
14th.
Aviation events reported for March 14 include:
1927 - Pan American Airways is formed to carry mail between Key West and Havana.
1947 - Saudi Arabian Airlines begins regular services.
14th.
Aviation events reported for March 14 include:
1927 - Pan American Airways is formed to carry mail between Key West and Havana.
1947 - Saudi Arabian Airlines begins regular services.
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Errrrrr! Hate to intervene but I think we are getting out of synch here. The title of this forum includes the word HISTORY. Some of the facts and events are hardly that! Yesterdays - last month and last year, and even recent years don't fall into the category at all for example.
I suggest the interest in 'yesterdays' is best stirred by events of 50 years or more.
I suggest the interest in 'yesterdays' is best stirred by events of 50 years or more.
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1929 - NACA Variable Density Wind Tunnel At Langley Field
Left to right Eastman Jacobs, Shorty Defoe, Malvern Powell, and Harold Turner. In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Variable Density Tunnel. (In 1985, the Variable Density Tunnel was declared a National Historic Landmark.) Eastman Jacobs is sitting (far left) at the control panel'.
1929 - NACA Variable Density Wind Tunnel At Langley Field
Left to right Eastman Jacobs, Shorty Defoe, Malvern Powell, and Harold Turner. In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Variable Density Tunnel. (In 1985, the Variable Density Tunnel was declared a National Historic Landmark.) Eastman Jacobs is sitting (far left) at the control panel'.