US Air Mail begins, the first V-2 rockets hit London, Surveyor 5 launches, USAir Flight 427 crashes near Pittsburgh, first Russia relief mission to the US and more...
I guess you could argue the wall in this photo looks worse for wear than the cargo plane that hit it. After all, it does have a gaping hole in it, whereas the MD-11 suffered a measly crumpled radome. But...
TWA flies its first scheduled nonstop transcontinental service, Dallas Love Field is opened by the Army, aviation pioneer Eugene Ely is killed, and more...
On this day in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on what would be its final successful mission; in 1976 a Pan Am 747SP sets a speed record for a trans-polar round-the-world flight; in 1908, Henry Farman completes Europ...