6 April 1890 (Java): Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker, Dutch pioneer airman and aircraft manufacturer, is born in Kediri, Java. His Fokker D.VIII was one of the finest all-around fighters of the WWI. He became a naturalized United States citizen and his Fokker T-2 made the first non-stop flight across the United States In 1926, the North Pole was over flown in a Fokker tri-motor airplane.

6 April 1909 (France): The first machine wholly designed by Anglo-French air pioneer Henry Farman takes to the air at Bouy, France. Called either the “Henry Farman III” or, because it represents a new departure, the “HF1” the biplane is the first aircraft to incorporate practical ailerons attached to the trailing edges of the wings.

6 April 1919 (France/Italy): M. Goget makes a nonstop flight from Lyon, France to Rome, Italy, a distance of 684 miles in 7 hours.

6 April 1924 (USA): The first successful flight around the world starts as four Douglas World Cruisers leave from Seattle, Washington. Of the four, only two complete the circumnavigation as they each fly 27,553 miles (44,340 km) in 175 days, and return to Seattle on September 28. The actual flying time is 371 hours, 11 minutes, and the successful pilots are Lt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. Erik Nelson.

6 April 1949 (USA): A Sikorsky S-51 completes a record helicopter flight of 3,750 miles from Elizabeth, New Jersey to Port Angeles, Washington.

6 April 1959 (USA): Among the first group of U. S. Astronauts are U. S. Air Force Captains Grissom, Cooper and Slayton.

6 April 1967 (USA): Trans World Airlines (TWA) becomes the first American airline to have a fleet composed entirely of jet aircraft.