Ron Eiseleさんのイラストまとめ

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.

20 October 1934. Start of the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race.

14 October 1944. The seven Australian, Canadian, British and New Zealand aircrew of 514 Squadron Avro Lancaster (A-Able) disembark following a daylight operation to Duisburg.

12 October 1918. First flight of the Zeppelin-Lindau Dornier RS IV, powered by four Maybach Mb IVa engines. The German military flying boat prototype was rebuilt with a cabin for six passengers and used for flights at the Bodensee until the autumn of 1920.

12 October 1916. The raid on Obendorf. ‘Sopwith one-and-a-half-strutter’. Art by Taras Shtyk. A group of French bomber crews, supported by both British and Americans flying for France, embarked on an ambitious early morning bombing raid on the Mauser weapon factory in Oberndorf.

Died aged 54 on 12 October 1939, 8 victory Canadian F.E.2d and Brisfit pilot ace with 20 Squadron, Lieutenant William Durrand, Jr. MC.

3 October 1967. Pete Knight and the X-15-A2 drop away and ignite the LR-99 for the speed run to Mach 6.70.

Killed in action 28 September 1918 in France age 18. Five victory Sopwith Camel ace Lieutenant Risdon MacKenzie Bennett. The youngest ace to die in WW1.