1914: Tom Blakely flies the West Wind in Calgary, Canada. The Curtiss-type biplane was designed by Frank Ellis.
1919: The world’s most modern airliner, the Junkers F-13, makes its first flight at Dessau, Germany. It is made entirely of metal, with a strong, corrugated outer skin and cantilever wing structure, without struts or bracing wires.
1928: The Boeing Model 83 biplane, the last from this company in which wood was used for the wing frame and the last biplane built by Boeing, makes its first flight.
1946: First flight of the Northrop XB-35 flying wing bomber 42-13603.
1947: First flight of the Boeing B-50.
1950: Korean War breaks out.
1955: First flight of the Dassault Mirage I.
1966: The 4200th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing it was changed to 9th Strategic ReconnaissanceWing. The 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was organized as the unit to fly the SR-71.