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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1918-1924)
Additional Description:
1918
September 12
U.S. Colonel Billy Mitchell demonstrates effectiveness of military air support of ground forces
1919
May 16-27
First trans-Atlantic air crossing flight of the NC-4
Commander and Navigator LCDR. A. C. Read
1919
June 14-15
First nonstop flight across the Atlantic
British Capt. John Alcock and LT. Arthur Whitten Brown
1919
First sustained international commercial passenger service, between Paris and Brussels
1922
March 20 USS Langley
First American aircraft carrier is commissioned
1923
In-flight refueling introduced
1924
First around-the-world flight
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31224 File Size: 2.125 Megabytes
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