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On This Day: December 9

Aviation events for December 9

1904: The Wright brothers discontinue trials with Flyer II after completing 105 tests and 80 brief flights since they began flying the new machine in May.
 
1909: American Dr. Henry W. Walden makes the first flight with his triplane known as the Walden III. It is powered by a three-cylinder, 22-HP Anzani engine and takes off from Mineola, Long Island, N.Y.
 
1946: The first powered flight by the Bell X-1 took place.
 
1954: The CIA signs a contract to buy the first batch of twenty Lockheed U-2A’s.
 
1956: Trans-Canada Air Flight 810, a Canadair North Star registered CF-TFD, crashes into Mount Slesse in British Columbia, killing all 62 people on-board. It is suspected to have crashed due to icing and turbulence, hitting the summit at high speeds, completely destroying the aircraft. Because the area is so inhospitable, the wreckage and most of the bodies we left at the crash site.
 
1963: Alia –Royal Jordanian is founded.
 
1970: Artem Mikoyan, the designer of many MiG aircraft, dies at the age of 65.
 
1983: Delta receives the 1,000th Boeing 737 made, a 737-232Adv registered N306DL.
 
1988: First flight of the JAS 39 Gripen.
 
2002: United Airlines files for Chapter 11, making it the largest airline bankruptcy in history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.
 
2002: First flight of the Diamond Twin Star.
 
2004: United Airlines begins flights to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from San Francisco via Honk Kong. This was the first flight since Pan Am ended service in 1975.
 
2013: American Airlines and US Airways merge to form the largest airline with over 6700 daily flights to over 336 cities in 56 countries.
 
 
 

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