Aviation Milestones

Originally published in 1999

Dec. 28 – First time that an airplane reaches 20,000 feet, 1913.

Jan. 13 – NASA selects the first group of women astronauts, 1978.

Jan. 26 – Glenn Curtiss flies the first seaplane, the Curtis single-float plane, 1911.

Feb 14 – The D-4 Douglas airliner makes its first flight. It is the first land plane to be used by airlines for ocean-crossing routes, 1942.

Feb. 22 – Transcontinental airmail service begins in the U.S., 1923.

Source: Minnesota DOT. Office of Aeronautics, /999 Calendar.