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17 June 1928 (Canada/Wales) — Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger as she accompanies pilot Wilmer Stiltz and mechanic Louis Gordon on their flight from Newfoundland to Wales in a Fokker C-2. Less than four years later, she flies the Atlantic alone.
17 June 1942 (USA) — United States Army Air Forces conduct a test at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, successfully picking up gliders from the ground by an airplane flying at more than 100 mph.
17 June 1959 (France) — The first flight of the Dassault “Mirage IV,” the first European supersonic jet bomber, is made in France. This high-performance combat aircraft flies at Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).
17 June 1983 (USA) — The first launch of a new generation ICBM, the MX “Peacekeeper,” is made from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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