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On This Day: October 25

Aviation events for October 25

1930: Using Douglas DC-2 aircraft, TWA, then known as Transcontinental & Western Air, commences the Lindbergh Route, the first scheduled service between New York and Los Angeles. The initial schedule included an overnight stop in Kansas City.
 
1930: Using Douglas DC-2 aircraft, TWA, then known as Transcontinental & Western Air, commences the Lindbergh Route, the first scheduled service between New York and Los Angeles. The initial schedule included an overnight stop in Kansas City.
 
1939: The prototype Handey Page Halifax (serial no. L7244) makes its first flight from RAF Bicester with J.L.B.H. Cordes at the controls.
 
1939: The prototype Handey Page Halifax (serial no. L7244) makes its first flight from RAF Bicester with J.L.B.H. Cordes at the controls.
 
1944: Japan’s first kamikaze mission sinks the carrier USS St. Lo.
 
1944: Japan’s first kamikaze mission sinks the carrier USS St. Lo.
 
1951: Japan Airlines commences operations.
 
1951: Japan Airlines commences operations.
 
1955: First flight of the Saab Draken.
 
1955: First flight of the Saab Draken.
 
1960: First flight of the Boeing Vertol Model 107, predecessor to the CH-46 Sea Knight.
 
1960: First flight of the Boeing Vertol Model 107, predecessor to the CH-46 Sea Knight.
 
1985: Emirates operates its first revenue flight, from Dubai to Karachi using an Airbus A300 leased from Pakistan International Airlines.
 
1985: Emirates operates its first revenue flight, from Dubai to Karachi using an Airbus A300 leased from Pakistan International Airlines.
 
1991: First flight of the Airbus A340.
 
1991: First flight of the Airbus A340.
 
1994: U.S. Navy Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen, the first female aircraft carrier-based fight pilot, is killed off San Diego, California, in the crash of an F-14 Tomcat fighter she is piloting on final approach to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).
 
1994: U.S. Navy Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen, the first female aircraft carrier-based fight pilot, is killed off San Diego, California, in the crash of an F-14 Tomcat fighter she is piloting on final approach to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).
 
1999: Crash in South Dakota of a Learjet 35 killing professional golfer and 1999 U.S. Open winner Payne Stewart and five others.
 
1999: Crash in South Dakota of a Learjet 35 killing professional golfer and 1999 U.S. Open winner Payne Stewart and five others.
 
2007: The Airbus A380 enters service with Singapore Airlines.
 
2007: The Airbus A380 enters service with Singapore Airlines.
 
2009: CSA Czech Airlines discontinues all long-haul routes from Prague, including New York and Toronto.
 
2009: CSA Czech Airlines discontinues all long-haul routes from Prague, including New York and Toronto.
 
 
 

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