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'''[[February 18, 1930|February 18]]''' - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane. | '''[[February 18, 1930|February 18]]''' - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane. | ||
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| + | '''[[April 2, 1930|April 2]]''' - A Stinson Detroiter (SM-1FS) seaplane becomes the first aeroplane to reach Bermuda. Flying from New York, it has to land twice on the ocean: once because of darkness and again for refueling. | ||
'''[[May 15, 1930|May 15]]''' - Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (the flight was from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois). | '''[[May 15, 1930|May 15]]''' - Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (the flight was from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois). | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 25 April 2015
February 18 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
April 2 - A Stinson Detroiter (SM-1FS) seaplane becomes the first aeroplane to reach Bermuda. Flying from New York, it has to land twice on the ocean: once because of darkness and again for refueling.
May 15 - Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (the flight was from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois).
May 20 - Charles Nicholson pilots the first ever airplane to be catapulted from a dirigible.
May 24 - Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
October 5 - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
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