This Day in History

July 1
United Air Lines founded, the first flight of DC-1 More...

July 2
the first successful dirigible, Tupolev Tu-134 crash More...

July 3
American anti-aircraft missile brought down Iranian airliner More...

July 4
the world’s first commercial flight, plane crash in Siberia More...

July 6
the first airship westward crossing of the Atlantic, plane crash in Moscow More...

July 7
plane crash in Kazakhstan More...

July 9
Boeing 727 of Pan American crashed during a thunderstorm More...

July 12
Mexicana Airlines was founded, first flight of Dornier Do X More...

July 14
the first flight of Ilyushin IL - 18 More...

July 15
the first airline of Russian Dobrolyot, Russian crew flight through North Pole, the first flight of Boeing 707 More...

July 16
Boeing Company founded, first flight of Vickers Viscount More...

July 17
severe plane crash in USA More...

July 21
LanPeru founded More...

July 25
the airplane first crossed the English Channel, Concorde crash More...

July 26
first flight of soviet airliner K-1, Aloha Airlines founded More...

July 27
the first flight of Boeing 80, Focke-Wulf FW 200 and DH-106 Comet More...

July 28
the first nonstop flight through Pacific Ocean More...

July 29
the first commercial use of the turboprop airliner, the first flight of Tupolev Tu-134 More...

July 31
the first transatlantic flight by helicopters More...