1905: Orville Wright made two flights in the 1905 Machine in Huffman Prarie, Dayton, Ohio. The flights were made around a 3/4 mile oval track and demonstrated Orville's skill at banking the aircraft and landing.

1948: A de Havilland DH.108 breaks the sound barrier, the first British aircraft to do so.

1952: The de Havilland DH.110 prototype, WG236, disintegrates at the Farnborough Airshow, killing 28 spectators as well as its pilot.

1976: Viktor Belenko of the Soviet Union defects to the West, landing his MiG-25 Foxbat in Japan.