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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).

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow). The only Japanese inline-engine fighter aircraft to see service during WW2.

27 October 1918. William Barker's Sopwith Snipe, art by Russell Smith.

25 October 1940. Leutnant Hermann Ripke of 8/JG26 falls victim to Pilot Officer Tom Sherrington of 92 Squadron above Sevenoaks, Kent.

24 October 1953. First flight of the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (model 8-80) 52-7994 at Edwards Air Force Base. Flown by test pilot Dick Johnson. American interceptor jet aircraft. After just six flights, the aeroplane was lost due to a takeoff engine fire.

22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

Mark Postlethwaite’s painting of Lieutenant W H G Milnes of 25 Squadron and his gunner Hartley Pullan claiming a Fokker DR.1 whilst flying DH4 A7626 on 8 June 1918.

3 October 1967. North American Aviation X-15A-2 56-6671 after release from the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress 52-008, Balls 8, over Mud Lake, Nevada. The steam trail is hydrogen peroxide used to power the rocket engine turbopump.

25 September 1909. The Lebaudy République, French semi-rigid airship, crashed after one of the metal propeller blades sheared off its shaft and pierced the envelope, which deflated catastrophically near the Château of Avrilly, killing all four men on board.