1909: Mrs. Ralph van Denman flies for four minutes with Wilbur Wright at College Park, Maryland, becoming the U.S.'s 1st female passenger.

1962: U2 was shot down by a SAM over Cuba. The pilot, Rudolph Anderson was killed. The OXCART program goes into high gear.

1979: First flight of the Panavia Tornado ADV.

1988: First flight of the ATR-72.

2015: First flight of the Sikorsky CH-53K