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30 January 1915. First flight of the Gotha G.I, a German three seat heavy bomber biplane.
Died 24 January 1971. Ferdinand von Hiddessen, German WWI pilot and politician. The first German airman to bomb Paris in WWI.
24 January 1950. First flight of the North American YF-93A (48-317). American jet fighter prototype, development of the F-86 Sabre.
15 December 1939. First flight of the Kimura HK-1. Japanese glider prototype to investigate the possibilities of tailless aircraft. It was a single-seat design with an open cockpit, swept wings, and a single tail fin.
17 November 1946. The Lancastrian’s two Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 piston engines were shut down, except for take-off and landing and their propellers feathered to reduce drag. It was the first-jet-powered passenger transport to fly from one country to another.
11 November 1923. Birth of Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber. German WWII flying ace, noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. (Mosquito PR XVI of 540 Squadron on 14 August 1944 versus Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a https://t.co/bxbo7ho45r. 130 017).