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On This Day: December 18

Aviation events for December 18

1912: French aviator Rolland Garros becomes the first pilot to bridge two countries in a single flight. He flies his Blériot monoplane from North Africa to Europe, half-way across the Mediterranean, 177mi.
 
1940: First flight of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.
 
1969: SR-71 (953) lost near Shoshee CA due to a pitch up accident. Pilot Joe Rogers andRSO Garry Heidlebaugh survived.
 
1970: Airbus Industrie is formally established to develop the Airbus A300; it is comprised of Aérospatiale, Deutsche Airbus, Fokker and Hawker Siddeley.
 
1992: First flight of the McDonnell Douglas MD-90.
 
 
 

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