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Heinz Knoke (24 March 1921 – 18 May 1993) was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.He is credited with 33 confirmed aerial victories, all claimed over the Western theatre of operations, and claimed a further 19 unconfirmed kills in over 2,000 flights.
Then on 12 November a flight of 22.2 seconds carried the 14-bis some 220 m (720 ft), earning the Aéro-Club prize of 1,500 francs for the first flight of more than 100 m. [39] This flight was also observed by the newly formed Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and became the first record in their log book.
He took his first flight at St. Maries when he was six years old, with Clyde Pangborn, [5] who later became the first pilot to fly over the Pacific Ocean non-stop. [ 1 ] After graduation from high school in 1930, Boyington attended the University of Washington in Seattle , where he was a member of the Army ROTC and joined the Lambda Chi Alpha ...
Captain Michel Bacos. Michel Bacos (3 May 1924 – 26 March 2019) [1] [2] was a French airline pilot. He was the captain of Air France Flight 139 when it was hijacked on 27 June 1976 by terrorists belonging to the German Revolutionary Cells (RZ) and the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO).
The Cromwell Dixon Airship Company. Cromwell Dixon (July 9, 1892 – October 2, 1911) was a teenage dirigible pilot and aviator.He became the first person to fly an airplane across the Continental Divide in September 1911 when he flew fifteen miles over Mullan Pass.
Timothy Lilley, whose son, Sam Lilley, was the first officer on American Airlines Flight 5342, said he spent 20 years as a helicopter pilot in the Army. Both he and his son shared a passion for ...
Undeterred, Vuia applied for a French patent on 15 May 1903, and obtained patent No. 332106 for his design. [10] [11] He began to build his first flying machine in the winter of 1902–03. Overcoming more financial difficulties, he also started construction of an engine of his own design for which he was granted various patents, the first in 1904.
Travis Barker has taken his first flight in over a decade. The musician headed to Cabo with girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian, marking his first time flying since he survived a 2008 plane crash.