1930: The Tupolev ANT-6 heavy bomber makes its first flight in U.S.S.R.

1945: First flight of the Beechcraft Bonanza.

1962: First flight of the Lockheed A-12.

1964: First captive flight test of an M-21 (940) and a D-21 drone. Pilot Bill Parks. First flight of an SR-71 (950) at Palmdale CA. Pilot Robert J. Gilliland. RSO seat empty.

1966: The Northrop HL-10 lifting body makes its first gliding flight at Edwards Air Force Base

1966: The Dassault Breguet Mirage F1-E makes its first flight, in the hands of Guy Mitaux-Maurourard.

1976: First flight of the Ilyushin Il-86.

1999: Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a 747-2B5F registered HL7451, crashes on takeoff from London Heathrow. The cockpit crew had ignored comparator warning alarms after takeoff, and crashed from an altitude of 2,500ft, killing all 4 crewmembers.

2001: American Airlines Flight 63, flying from Paris to Miami, is the target of a failed bomb plot when a passenger, an Islamic fundamentalist named Richard Reid, attempts to ignite plastic explosives hidden within the sole of his shoe. Flight attendants and passengers subdue and restrain the man, who is later convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the attempted attack.

2009: American Airlines Flight 331 operated by a Boeing 737-800, overshoots the runway on landing at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica.