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76 32 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:07:00 [I] Aircraft Type Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe / Sturmvogel FIRST: Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, with first flight (with jet engines) on 18 July, 1942.
77 38 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:13:00 [I] Aircraft Type Sopwith Pup FIRST: landing by an airplane on a moving ship by Edwin Dunning in a Sopwith Pup, landed on HMS Furious on August 2, 1917.
78 30 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:05:00 [I] Aircraft Type Bell X-1
[I] Aviator Yeager
FIRST: human to break the sound barrier in level flight was Chuck Yeager in a Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947.
79 33 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:08:00 [I] Aircraft Type Heinkel He 178 FIRST: flight by a turbojet-powered aircraft was a Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz, on August 27, 1939.
80 34 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:09:00 [I] Aircraft Type Lockheed Vega
[I] Aviator Earhart
FIRST: female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was Amelia Earhart, in a Lockheed Vega 5B, flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, to Culmore, Ireland, on May 20, 1932.
81 42 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:17:00 [I] Aircraft Type Blériot XI
[I] Aviator Blériot
FIRST: airplane flight across the English Channel by Louis Blériot on July 25, 1909.
82 39 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:14:00 [I] Aircraft Type Voisin III FIRST: aircraft to shoot down another aircraft: a French Voisin III, piloted by Sergeant Joseph Frantz and Corporal Louis Quénault, engaged a German Aviatik B.II near Rheims on October 5, 1914.
83 36 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:11:00 [I] Aircraft Type Airco DH.4 FIRST: aerial refueling by an Airco DH.4B biplane of the United States Army Air Service, refuelled another DH.4B in mid-air on June 27, 1923.
84 22 [I] BErlodu 2013-07-27 18:36:19 Engine JPX 85 CV
85 6 [I] bali 2011-04-15 10:06:00 [I] Aircraft Type Diamond DV-20 Katana DV20 is the older version of DA20, you can fly them with the same type rating.
86 92 [I] SXMSIR 2024-08-15 16:11:10 [I] Airport Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) Delta recently announced direct flights from MSP to SXM! Read more: https://sxmsir.com/stories/delta-launches-direct-flights-from-msp-to-sxm
87 13 [I] GOTAL 2012-04-07 20:42:18 [I] Aircraft G-OTAL Date of manufacture was 1987 subsequently re-engined several times now with Rotax 912ULS
88 19 [I] bali 2012-12-23 21:44:46 [I] Aircraft C-GKRU Currently the oldest registered aircraft in the database.
89 95 [I] GLIDERPILOTBELLE 2025-07-24 21:48:49 [I] Aircraft G-CFLZ Currently owned by isabelle tyler and housed at derbyshire and Lancashire gliding club
90 70 [I] Belga11 2018-03-05 12:14:57 [I] Airline British United Air Ferries CORRECTION
91 17 [I] Shark_tt 2012-10-19 13:10:11 [I] Airport Covilhã Airport (LPCV) Closed
92 77 [I] Raventumble 2019-05-01 22:33:59 [I] Aircraft D-MTDD
[I] Airport Wahlstedt (EDHW)
Build: 1995, Engine: Göbler-Hirth 2704V 44hp, V-Tail, Prototyp, Two Seater
93 20 [I] scimart 2013-03-31 23:11:10 [I] Aircraft BGA-2520 BGA 2520 was based at the London Gliding Club (Dunstable) from new but operated privately by a syndicate.
94 66 [I] Pilotaa5 2017-01-06 04:16:08 [I] Manufacturer Grumman American Aviation Corporation
[I] Aircraft D-ESDB
[I] Airport Worms (EDFV)
AMERICAN AVIATION AG-5B TIGER
95 89 [I] Garnerbarro 2023-07-30 11:34:50 Aircraft Charter Australia https://aircraft-charter.com.au
96 98 [I] Glider_MB 2026-05-25 21:22:56 [I] Manufacturer Schweizer Aircraft Corporation
[I] Aircraft C-GCLS
1st solo in this Glider, 1979
97 84 [I] empireaviation 2021-03-17 12:06:31 [I] Aircraft Type Scaled Composites 311 Global Flyer
[I] Link Pilot Shop
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