On this day in aviation history, June 15th, the Navy's new Flight Demonstration Squadron the Blue Angels, gave its first public performance at Craig Field in Jacksonville, Florida.
American Airlines and Google have signed the largest publicly disclosed sustainable aviation fuel agreement ever between an airline and a single corporate customer.
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On this day in aviation history, June 12th, the first computer-designed commercial aircraft made its first flight in 1994. This is the Boeing 777, which is the world's largest twinjet.
On this day in aviation history, June 10th, pioneer American Aviator Ruth Law breaks the women's altitude record in 1919. She flew up to 14,700 feet, the mark before was just under 13,000 feet.
American Airlines launched or resumed 9 routes on a single day last week, including 4 from Phoenix, 3 from Chicago, and 2 from Dallas/Fort Worth.
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On this day in aviation history, June 9th, Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew make the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in the Fokker F.VIIb-3m Southern Cross in 1928. The flight was a total of 83 hours.
On this day in aviation history, June 8th, was the first flight of the North American X-15 in 1959. This was an unpowered gliding test to evaluate handling characteristics. The X-15 set multiple speed and altitude records in the 1960s.
On this day in aviation history, June 5th, the first Solar aircraft HB-SIA completed its first intercontinental flight in 2012. This was a 19 hour flight from Madrid, Spain to Rabat, Morocco.
On this day in aviation history, June 4th, Aviatior Max Conrad flies a Piper Comanche from Casablanca to New York, which set a lightplane distance record of 7,683 miles.
On this day in aviation history, June 3rd, was the first flight of the Lockheed XF-90 in 1949. This was a long range penetration fighter bomber escort built for the United States Air Force.
On this day in aviation history, June 2nd, was the first flight of the Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III in 1958. This aircraft flew for the United States Navy and NASA as a research aircraft.