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Card #3 - “Torpedo Bomber”
1937 “This Mechanized Age - Second Series” Godfrey Phillips Ltd. and Associated Companies | ||||||||||||||
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25 July 1907 (France) — At Issy-les-Moulineaux, Blériot flies 492 feet in his monoplane “No.VI,” the “Libellule” (dragonfly). Built by Louis Peyret, the foreman at his works, it has two sets of wings in tandem. To control vertical movement, the pilot slides to end fro on a wheeled seat. 25 July 1909 (USSR) — Van den Schkrouff makes the first flight in Russia in a Voisin biplane at Odessa. 25 July 1909 (France/England) — Louis Blériot of France, who flies his Blériot “No.XI” monoplane from Les Baraques to Dover, England in 37 minutes, makes the first airplane crossing of the English Channel. The event increases public and government awareness of the possible military aspects of the airplane. 25 July 1927 (USA) — Lieutenant C. C. Champion, USN, reaches an altitude of 38,474 feet, flying a Navy “Apache” powered by a Pratt & Whitney “Wasp” engine, setting a new world’s record for airplanes. 25 July 1953 (USA) — The Consolidated B-36’s capability to launch and recover F-84 aircraft in flight is announced. | |||||||||||||
