1908: Samuel Cody becomes the 1st man to fly in Britain. Flying the British Army Aeroplane N° 1, Cody flies for 1,391 feet before crashing.
1909: German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin forms the world’s 1st commercial airline.
1910: The 1st airship crossing of the English Channel is made by the French-built dirgible Cle´ment-Bayard II. The 244-mile route is completed in 6 hours.
1917: Final testing is made for the US Army-designed air-to-air radio communication system with a wireless set.
1952: First flight of the Sud Aviation Vautour.
1955: A Boeing 367-80 (a 707 prototype) crosses the United States in just 3 hours 58 minutes.
1964: The People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
2013: Lao Airlines Flight 301, an ATR-72, crashes shortly before landing at Pakse International Airport under adverse weather conditions, killing all 44 passengers and 5 crew on board.