This Day in History

October 1
William E. Boeing was born, TWA and Ukraine International founded, the first scheduled helicopter line, the first supersonic flight of Concorde More...

October 2
hijacking attempt in China More...

October 3
flight attempt in 1901, Tupolev Tu-154 maiden flight More...

October 4
commercial flights of DH Comet 4 began, Russian Tu-154 shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile More...

October 5
first in the world round-the-world flight is completed More...

October 6
ИSA - Иeskoslovenskй stбtnн aerolinie founded in Prague More...

October 7
flight attempt of Langley airplane, KLM founded More...

October 8
Cubana founded, KhAI-1 maiden flight More...

October 11
Tupolev Tu-154 of Aeroflot crash More...

October 13
The International Air Navigation Convention signed in Paris More...

October 14
the first supersonic flight in history More...

October 15
the first flight of man aboard the balloon, Air India and China Southwest Airlines founded, Antonov An-24 of Aeroflot hijacking More...

October 17
Aeroflot’s Tupolev Tu-104 crash More...

October 18
maiden flight of MD-80 More...

October 19
Edelweiss Air founded More...

October 21
record flight of Dornier Do.X, maiden flight of Yak-40 More...

October 22
the first plane flight in Europe, Shorts S-23 Empire maiden flight More...

October 23
scheduled airline through North Pole has opened More...

October 24
the first high-speed hydroplane maiden flight, Montenegro Airlines founded More...

October 28
A300 maiden flight, Tyumenaviatrans (Utair) founded More...

October 29
all airlines of Baltic States merged with Aeroflot More...

October 30
the first intercity flight in the world, the first flight of Junkers Ju-52 More...

October 31
the commercial operation of the Antonov An -24 began , AIRZENA Georgian Airlines founded More...