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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1912-1918)
Additional Description:
1912
March 1
First parachute jump from a powered airplane made by Capt. Albert Berry
1912
April 16
Harriet Quimby becomes first woman to fly across English Channel
1914
August 26
Igor Sikorsky’s Grand
aviation’s first four-engine aircraft
1914
First airline St. Petersburg-Tampa airboat line
1914
Two-way radio contact possible between pilot and ground
1914
Gyroscopic controls developed by Elmer A. Sperry
1915
NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics initiated to support aviation research and development
1918
U.S. officially establishes Air Mail Service Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31223 File Size: 2.116 Megabytes
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