1751: Italian Andrea Grimaldi, exhibits a flying carriage: the machine, which remains untested, has a complex structure and a wingspan of 22 feet.

1905: Wilbur Wright in the Flyer II makes the 1st flight of over a half-an-hour at Simms Station, Ohio.

1907: The 1st British Army dirigible airship, the Nullis Secundus (second to none), makes a spectacular flight over the capital city of London.

1914: A German Aviatik becomes the 1st aircraft to be shot down in a dogfight by a French Army-owned Voisin airplane.

1967: First flight of the Shin Miewa SS-2.