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Disaster Near Wimereux

During an attempted crossing of the English Channel, French aeronauts Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain were killed in a balloon crash.

First Aircraft Across the Atlantic

Britons John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, at the controls of a Vickers Vimy, completed the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic on the route Newfoundland–Ireland. The flight over the Atlantic lasted 17 hours.

Maiden Flight of the Wellington

The British twin-engine bomber Vickers Wellington made its maiden flight. Aircraft of this type were used by, among others, Polish World War II bomber squadrons in England.

Maiden Flight of the Mi-10

The Soviet heavy transport helicopter Mi-10, capable of carrying a payload of 15 tonnes, made its maiden flight.

Feast Day of the War Studies Academy