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26 43 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:18:00 [I] Aircraft Type Santos-Dumont 14-bis
[I] Aviator Santos-Dumont
FIRST: officially recognized airspeed record set by Alberto Santos-Dumont with his 14-bis with an airspeed of 41 km/h on 12 November, 1906.
27 41 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:16:00 [I] Aircraft Type Nieuport IV FIRST: pilot to fly a loop was Pyotr Nesterov in a Nieuport IV, on September 9, 1913.
28 40 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:15:00 [I] Airline St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line FIRST: scheduled airline using a winged aircraft was SPT Airboat Line, providing service between St. Petersburg and neighboring Tampa across Tampa Bay in 1914.
29 26 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:01:00 [I] Aircraft Type Scaled Composites 311 Global Flyer
[I] Aviator Fossett
FIRST: solo non-stop fixed-wing aircraft flight around the Earth by Steve Fossett on a Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, between February 28 and March 3, 2005.
30 35 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:10:00 [I] Aircraft Type Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
[I] Aviator Lindbergh
FIRST: solo non-stop transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh, flying the Spirit of St. Louis, made the 33-hour journey from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927.
31 44 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:19:00 [I] Aircraft Type Wright Flyer I
[I] Aviator Wright
FIRST: successful powered aircraft. Wright brothers first flew it near Kitty Hawk, USA, on December 17, 1903.
32 28 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:03:00 [I] Aircraft Type Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde FIRST: supersonic scheduled passenger flight by Concorde, two simultaneous maiden flights from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro on January 21, 1976.
33 31 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:06:00 [I] Aircraft Type Arado Ar 234 Blitz FIRST: The Arado Ar 234 was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, first flying on 15 June 1943.
34 10 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:10:00 [I] Aircraft Type Lisunov Li-2
[I] Aircraft HA-LIX
HA-LIX is the only flyable Lisunov-2 (soviet license-build DC-3) today.
35 24 [I] spaschke 2013-12-03 22:41:28 [I] Aircraft Type SIAI-Marchetti FN-333 Riviera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9pF9dwaTU FN33 flying in California. History in comments
36 97 [I] MrUicab 2026-04-08 19:19:20 [I] Airport Bellavista (SPBL) https://punta-cana-airport-transportation.com/
37 83 [I] Skytrip 2019-12-18 17:56:03 [I] Airport Herzliya Airport (LLHZ) https://skytrip.co.il
38 2 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:02:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-40 Star TDI
[I] Aircraft HA-SUF
I can fly this Diesel-engined airplane.
39 3 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:03:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-42 Twin Star I could try out the DA42 as a passenger on a short LHTL-LHBP IFR flight.
40 5 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:05:00 [I] Aircraft Type Scheibe SF-25 Falke I could try out this moto-glider twice.
41 9 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:09:00 [I] Aircraft HA-DAR I flew my PPL exam checkride in this aircraft.
42 8 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:08:00 [I] Aircraft HA-DAQ I flew over 50% of my total flight hours in this aircraft.
43 4 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:04:00 [I] Aircraft Type Cessna 172 Skyhawk I flew this aircraft only as passenger (except MS Flight Simulator, of course) :-)
44 7 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:07:00 [I] Airport Tököl (LHTL) I had my PPL training here. And 95% of all my landings.
45 1 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:01:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DA-20 A1 I had my PPL training on this aircraft type.
46 96 [I] MatthewC 2025-08-10 19:51:31 [I] Manufacturer Constructions Aéronautiques du Béarn
[I] Aircraft Type CAB GY-20 Minicab
I own an GY201 Minicab, G-BGMR. You have CAB in France listed as the manufacturer but please note that in fact very few GY20s were made by CAB. If the c/n is a PFA/LAA one (as mine is) then it is a homebuilt GY201..
47 87 [I] GrahamClayton 2023-05-07 00:10:42 [I] Aircraft Type Curtiss A-8 Shrike I wonder if the added weight of the aerodynamic wheel spats cancelled out any gains from less drag.
48 71 [I] Belga11 2018-03-05 12:18:15 [I] Airline British United Air Ferries ICAO BAF Not longer allocated for British Inited Air Ferries but well re-allocated to Belgian Air Force Since 2002
49 85 [I] locko 2021-09-04 04:59:35 [I] Aviator Guillaux If anyone wants more info on Maurie Guillaux, contact me. I wrote the Wilkpedia article etc
50 73 [I] AlexZag 2018-10-22 02:35:34 [I] Aircraft Type CA-10XLT Comp Air 10XLT info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp_Air_10
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