Originally published in 2000
A Century of Flight Achievements
- Dec. 1 – The Civil Air Patrol is formed, 1941.
- Dec. 17 – The Wright brothers’ make the first powered, sustained controlled flight, which lasted 12 seconds, Kittyhawk, NC, 1903.
- Dec. 23 – The Airplane Voyager, piloted by Jeana Yeager and Dick Ratan, lands at Edwards Airforce Base, completing the first around the world airplane flight, non-refuelled, nonstop, 1986.
- Dec. 31 – Airworthiness regulations for aircraft components and accessories became law, 1930.
- Jan. 10 – Radar bounces off the moon for the first time, 1946.
- Jan. 26 – Glenn Curtiss flies the first seaplane, the Curtiss single-float plane, 1911.
- Feb. 4 – Birth date of Charles A. Lindbergh. He was born in Detroit, MI, 1902 and was raised in Little Falls, MN.
- Feb. 4 – The prototype of the first U.S. designed fighter, the Thomas-Morse MB-3, makes its maiden flight, 1919.