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22 November 1916. 'Captain John Andrews’ by Mark Postlethwaite. DH2 and Albatros DII.

16 May 1916. 48 victory ace Captain Alan Machin Wilkinson of 24 Squadron RFC in an Airco DH2 ‘Pusher’ on patrol over Somme Valley. On that date he achieved his first two victories, an AGO G.II at 07:00 and a Fokker E at 07:30. Both at Péronne.

17 November 1970. 03.47.00 UTC/GMT. The Soviet probe Lunokhod 1, first of two unmanned lunar rovers, touched down on the moon's surface. Although designed for a lifetime of three months, it operated 321 Earth days and traversed 6.5 miles.

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).

French aviation artist Paul Lengelle's depiction of the death of Oswald Boelcke.

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.