This Day in History

June 1
first transcontinental airline in USSR, Monarch Airlines founded More...

June 2
long distant balloon flight More...

June 3
plane crash in Orly More...

June 5
first flight of Mil Mi-6, first supersonic flight of Tu-144 More...

June 6
crash in China More...

June 7
Boeing 314 first flight, crash in Surinam More...

June 8
new airlines founded in Russia and Moldova More...

June 9
air company founded in Moldova More...

June 10
first soviet airliner for international road More...

June 11
first flight of Ford Trimotor and manned rocket-powered aircraft More...

June 12
the first flight across English Channel by human powered aircraft, the first flight of Boeing 777 More...

June 13
TWA airliner hijacked More...

June 15
the first air crash, first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic by aircraft, first soviet airliner More...

June 17
foundation of Delta Airlines, Tupolev Tu-104 first flight More...

June 22
Virgin Atlantic Airways founded in U.K. More...

June 23
Air India plane crash More...

June 24
Willi E. Messerschmitt was born, the first flight HS-748 More...

June 26
the Berlin Airlift began operation More...

June 27
IBERIA - airlines of Spain founded More...

June 28
Yak-42 crash in Belarus More...

June 30
Boeing Air Transport (BAT) is founded More...