8 October 1883: The first airship powered by an electric motor was flown by brothers Albert-Charles Tissandier (1839–1906) and Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) at at Auteuil, a suburb of Paris, France. The brothers were experienced aeronauts, having designed and built a number of balloons. ...
14 January 1942: Chief Test Pilot Charles Lester (“Les”) Morris (1908–1991) made the first flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-316A at Stratford, Connecticut. The first flight lasted approximately 3 minutes, and by the end of the day, Morris had made 6 flights totaling 25 minutes duration...
aIn the future robot, all might everywhere see, will start in the future humanity to protect the environment to turn the Earth the beautiful blue color star, the humanity may open this airship to fly in the outer space also may the speed of light flight! 在将来机器人,全部在外层空间也许到...
This is a Zeppelin LZ N07-100 airship model for the Free Software flight simulator FlightGear. NOTE: Rename your work directory to ZLT-NT before use with FlightGear. - GitHub - FGMEMBERS/ZLT-NT: This is a Zeppelin LZ N07-100 airship model for the Free So
1929: 'WALL ST. IN PANIC AS STOCKS CRASH' The Great Depression started on Oct. 24, 1929, when panic selling led to a major stock market crash on what is now known as Black Thursday. By Monday, the market had dropped another 13% and suffered roughly the same losses the next day, kno...
It's a great stop on a Minnesota road trip or a great day trip destination for those in search of something a little different. f you do happen to stop in Dawson, you can make up a fun game with the kids. Count all the gnomes you see. Who saw the most? There are a lot....
1929: 'WALL ST. IN PANIC AS STOCKS CRASH' The Great Depression started on Oct. 24, 1929, when panic selling led to a major stock market crash on what is now known as Black Thursday. By Monday, the market had dropped another 13% and suffered roughly the same losses the next day, kno...
The rigid airshipGraf Zeppelin, LZ 127, under the command of Dr. Hugo Eckener, departed Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, 8 August 1929, heading east across the Atlantic Ocean on the first aerial circumnavigation by air. The flight was sponsored by publisher William Randolph Hearst, who...
7 September 1929: Flying Officer Henry Richard Danvers Waghorn, a pilot with the Royal Air Force High-Speed Flight based at RAF Calshot, flew a Supermarine S.6, N247, to win theCoupe d’Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider(Schneider Cup) race. ...
11 November 1935: During a record-setting flight from England to Brazil, Jean Gardner Batten ¹ became the first woman to fly solo across the South Atlantic Ocean, flying her Percival D.3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, from Dakar,Afrique occidentale française(French West Africa, now, Senegal) to ...