2002 – Boeing’s 737 becomes the first airline model in history to rack up a total of 100 million flying hours. The 737 hit the market in 1965.
1982 – Cessna delivers its 1,000th business jet
1972 – Canada’s air traffic controllers go on strike, halting civil aviation across the country.
1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of Apollo 1 at the Kennedy Space Center.
1939 – Lockheed’s P-38 Lightning makes its first test flight. It would become a vital asset in World War II.