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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1943-1949)
Additional Description:
1943-44
WASP
Woman Airforce Service Pilots
First women trained to fly American military aircraft
1943
Lockheed “Skunk Works” is born leading to development over the next two decades of long-range, high-altitude reconnaissance capability
1944
January 3
First air-sea rescue by helicopter
Pilot – CDR. Frank Erickson, USCG
1944
September
V-2, world’s first long-range combat ballistic missile
1947
F-86 Sabre introduced
First swept-wing jet fighter
1947
October 14
First pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound
Chuck Yeager in Bell X-1 research plane Glamorous Glennis
1948 / 1949
June 26 / September 30
Berlin Airlift demonstrates successful aerial resupply Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31228 File Size: 2.177 Megabytes
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