Sir Richard Branson (R) and designer Burt Rutan stand behind SpaceShip2 just after its successful landing in Mojave, Ca. (Photo courtesy of Virgin Galactic)
Crashes of Cubana Flight 455 in Barbados and United airlines Flight 409 in Wyoming, as well as an aircraft endurance record set in 1992 and the first passenger flight over an hour.
Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.