July 25th
1909 Louis Bleriot makes the first crossing of the English Channel in an aircraft, taking just over 37 minutes
1915 RFC Captain Lande Hawker is the first aviator to win a Victoria Cross after defeating 3 German 2 seat observation aircraft in one day
2000 Flight AF4590 crashes on takeoff from Paris killing all 109 onboard and 4 on the ground. The aircraft F-BTSC is better known as Concorde
Last edited by Gilly; 07-26-2010 at 09:41 AM.
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