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On This Day: October 15

Aviation events for October 15

1783: The 1st man to ascend in a tethered balloon is French scientist Jean Pilatre de Rozier. His hot-air Montgolfier balloon ascends to 84 feet – the length of the rope holding the balloon.
 
1913: Lieutenant Ronin makes the 1st official airmail flight in France.
 
1927: Captain Dieudonne´ lands in Brazil becoming the 1st person to fly non-stop across the South Atlantic. The 2100-mile flight takes just over 18 hours.
 
1939: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia dedicates an airport in Flushing bearing his name. La Guardia airport is the costliest to build at the time, $45 million.
 
1988: First flight of the Eurocopter EC 135.
 
1999: Allegiant Air commences operations.
 
2003: Yang Liwei becomes the People's Republic of China's first man in space.
 
 
 

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