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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1926-1929)
Additional Description:
1926
March 16
Launch of first liquid propellant rocket
Designed by Robert H. Goddard
1927
Air-cooled engines make lighter, faster planes possible
1927
May 20-21
Charles Lindbergh in his Spirit of St. Louis becomes first to solo across the Atlantic
1928
May
First flight across Pacific Ocean
Australian Aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith and crew in the Southern Cross
1929
August 8-29
First around-the-world flight by dirigible, the Graf Zeppelin
1929
September 24
James H. Doolittle becomes first man to fly entirely by instruments and radio aids
1929
November 29
Admiral Richard E. Byrd makes first flight over South Pole in the Floyd Bennett Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31225 File Size: 2.194 Megabytes
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