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16 June 1909 (USA) — A two-day celebration in Dayton, Ohio marks the homecoming of the Wrights.
16 June 1922 (USA) — A hybrid aircraft — part airplane (three fixed wings) and part helicopter (twin rotor blades) designed by American inventor Emile Berliner — makes a short vertical flight.
16 June 1928 (USA) — Superchargers to provide sea level pressure at 30,000 feet successfully tested.
16 June 1932 (USA) — The Lockheed Aircraft Corp. finally closes down eight months after the receivers were called in to its parent company, Detroit Aircraft Corp. On June 21, investment broker Robert Ellsworth Gross leads a consortium that buys the assets and opens a new company under the same name.
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