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9 February 1934 (USA): All domestic airmail contracts canceled in the United States. The United States Army is ordered to fly mail. 9 February 1936 (England/South Africa): Tommy Rose lands at Wingfield Aerodrome in Cape Town, South Africa, after a record flight from England of 3-days 17-hrs 38-min. 9 February 1939 (USA): Brigadier General Delos C. Emmons is named Commander of the General Headquarters Air Force at Langley Field, Virginia, with the rank of Major General. Col. George H. Brett, also of the Air Force, is promoted to Brigadier General. 9 February 1939 (South Africa/England): British flyer Alex Henshaw lands his Percival “Mew Gull” at Gravesend in Kent, England, after a record flight to Cape Town and Back in 4 days 10 hours and 20 minutes. 9 February 1943 (Guadalcanal): Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends. 9 February 1969 (USA): First flight of the Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” airliner takes place in Seattle, Washington. The wide-bodied, long-range transport is capable of carrying 347 passengers, and is the largest aircraft in commercial airline service in the world. |
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