TWA files for bankruptcy for the first time, a Gulfstream III speeds around the world, a Sikorsky reaches 21,000ft, a B-52 sets a distance record and more...
Today in 1910, air-to-ground radio transmission is born; 1913, the first loop-the-loop maneuver is performed; in 1939, the jet age begins with the first flight of the Heinkel 178; 2006, Comair 5191 crashes in Lexington, Kentucky.