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 noteworthy dates in the history of industry, technology and transportation

JUL

01 1933 First flight of Douglas DC-1 transport, prototype for DC-2 and DC-3                                                        more >
02 1900  First zeppelin LZ1 flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany                more >
03 1869 Mount Washington Cog Railway opens; engine climbs 6,288-foot mountain                                       more >
04 1840 Maiden voyage of paddle steamer RMS Britannia from Liverpool to Halifax                                       more >
 

1908

 Glenn Curtiss flies "June Bug" aircraft 1.6 km to claim Scientific American trophy                            more >
05 1944 Maiden flight of Northrop MX-324, first U.S. rocket-powered aircraft  at Harper Dry Lake, CA  more >
06 1925 First Douglas mail plane, the M-1, starts manufacturer's flight trials; prototype for M-2, M-3     more >
07 1925 First flight of Boeing Model 40 mail plane, testing wooden fuselage; prototype for Model 40A  more >
08 1838 Birth of airship builder and inventor Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin in Baden, Germany                  more >
09 1916 German merchant U-Boat Deutschland arrives at Baltimore; first submarine to cross Atlantic  more >
10 1938 Howard Hughes begins record-breaking round-the-world flight in Lockheed 14 transport           more >
11 1918  Henry Ford launches first of 60 Eagle Boats for U.S. Navy antisubmarine patrols                             more >
12 1980 First flight of McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender air-to-air tanker aircraft                                         more >
13 1866 Second attempt to lay transatlantic telegraph cable  with Brunel's Great Eastern begins               more >
14 1952 Keel for aircraft carrier USS Forrestal laid down at Newport News, VA                                                 more >
15 1865 First attempt to lay transatlantic telegraph cable with Brunel's Great Eastern begins                     more >
16 1957 John Glenn sets new transcontinental speed record (3 hrs 23 min 8 sec) in F8U Crusader            more >
17 1909 Glenn Curtiss wins Cortlandt Field Bishop prize and Scientific American trophy                               more >
18 1966 Launch of Gemini 10; first double rendezvous with Agena Target Vehicles                                          more >
19 1837 Launch of Isambard Brunel's paddle steamer Great Western                                                                      more >
20 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon                                              more >
21 1819 Paddle steamer Savannah leaves Liverpool for St. Petersburg, Russia                                                   more >
22 1798 First voyage of frigate USS Constitution, world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel        more >
23 1759 Keel laid at Chatham Dockyard for HMS Victory, world's oldest commissioned naval vessel       more >
24 1931  German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ-127 begins one week research trip to the Arctic                      more >
25 1909 Louis Blériot flies across the English Channel                                                                                                      more >
26 1971 Launch of Apollo 15, fourth mission to land on the Moon; first mission to use Lunar Rover         more >
27 1866 Transatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid using Brunel's Great Eastern                                       more >
28 1935 First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress prototype (Boeing 299)                                                   more >
29 1905 Launch of steel-hulled sailing ship Pamir at Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg                                  more >
  1937 First flight of Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra transport plane                                                                more >
30 2009 Boeing rolls out U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare & reconnaisance aircraft    more >
31 1902 Maiden voyage of 5-masted sailing ship Preussen from Bremerhaven to Iquique, Chile                 more >

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