Boeing on Thursday forecast that air carriers in the U.S. and Canada will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion.
PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna 172 in San Diego, killing 144. The Royal Jordanian Air Force is born, the first "blind" instrument flight takes place on Long Island, and the Wright Brothers arrive in Kitty Hawk.