1913: Katherine Stinson becomes the 1st woman in the United States to make an official airmail flight.
1922: Dr. Albert Taylor and Leo Young, scientists at the US Naval Aircraft Radio Laboratory, make the 1st successful detections of objects by "radio observation". They use wireless waves to detect objects not visible due to weather or darkness. This insight leads to the advent of radar.
1946: Geoffrey de Havilland Jr is killed when the de Havilland DH.108 breaks up in mid-air.
1956: The 1st piloted airplane to exceed Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) is the rocket-powered Bell X-2.
1965: First flight of the Vought A-7 Corsair II.
1990: United Air Lines is the first airline to introduce satellite communications for its aircraft.
2011: All Nippon Airways flies the first delivery flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, from Paine Field, Washington, to Tokyo International Airport.