1910: The 1st use of an airplane to carry commercial freight is the Wright Company’s airplane that flies from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio carrying 10 bolts of silk to the Morehouse-Martens Company.
1945: The 1st speed record of over 600 mph is established by British pilot Hugh Wilson in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter at 606 mph.
1949: First flight of the Sikorsky S-55.
1950: BOAC retires its last flying boat airliner from service.
1966: First flight of the Pilatus PC-11.
1976: First flight of the Dassault Falcon 50 F-WAMD.
1989: Last training flight of an SR-71. Pilot Tom McCleary, RSO Stan Gudmundson. This flight was 21 years, 7 months, and 7 days after the first SR-71 flight.
2006: FedEx announces the first cancellation of the Airbus A380. Instead FedEx orders 15 Boeing 777 Freighters.
2006: The Royal Australian Air Force's first C-17 Globemaster III makes its maiden flight.