Important Dates in Aviation
The following dates are a few of the important dates in aviation.
| Pan Am cirles Earth |
January 6 |
| Aviation in American Day |
January 9 |
| First Concorde Flight |
January 21 |
| First Scheduled Transcontinental Flight Anniversary |
January 25 |
| Bessie Coleman's Birthday |
January 26 |
| Charles Lindbergh's Birthday |
February 3 |
| Women's History Month |
March 1 |
| Frequent Flyer Day |
May 1 |
| Amy Johnson's Birthday |
May 5 |
| Lindbergh's Flight Anniversary |
May 20 |
| Amelia Earhart's Atlantice Crossing Anniversary |
May 20 |
| Igor Sigorsky's Birthday |
May 25 |
| First Flight into the Stratosphere |
May 27 |
| First Flight by a Woman Anniversary |
June 4 |
| First Balloon Flight Anniversary |
June 5 |
| First Nonstop Atlantic Flight |
June 14 |
| Amelia Earhart Disappears |
July 2 |
| Amelie Earhart's Birthday |
July 24 |
| Aviation Week |
August 15 |
| Aviation Day |
August 19 |
| First Man-Powered Flight Anniversary |
August 23 |
| Sound Barrier Broken |
October 14 |
| Aviation History Month |
November 1 |
| Spruce Goose Flight |
November 2 |
| Wiley Post's Birthday |
November 22 |
| Civil Aviation Day (UN) |
December 7 |
| Wright Brothers Day |
December 17 |
| First Powered Flight Anniversary |
December 17 |
| First Nonstop Flight Around the World – No Refueling |
December 23 |
Source: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2006
Choose one of the dates above and find out how it started. Write a few sentences on
its importance and why it’s celebrated as an important date.
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