McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II (Kurnass) (485), Israel Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base, Beersheba, Israel (03/05/2009)





McDonnell Douglas RF-4E “Phantom II (Kurnass)” (485) Israel Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base, Beersheba, Israel (03/05/2009)

2 August 1909 (USA) — The first flying machine purchased and put into service by a government is the Wright “Flyer.” The United States Army accepts its first airplane and pays the Wrights $25,000, plus a $5,000 bonus, because the machine exceeded the speed requirement of 40 mph. 2 August 1911 (USA) — The first woman in the United States licensed as a qualified pilot is Harriet Quimby, a drama critic. 2 August 1917 (UK) — Squadron leader E. H. Dunning of the British Royal Naval Air Service becomes the first pilot to land an airplane on the deck of a moving ship when he puts a Sopwith “Pup” down on HMS Furious. 2 August 1922 (Haiti) — Fourth Air Squadron, 1^st Brigade, United States Marine Corps, gives aerial exhibition, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for High Commissioner and President of Republic. 2 August 1922 (USA) — Capt. W. P. Hayes and Master Sergeant C. W. Kolinsky, United StatesA.S., fly a DH-4-B plane from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, covering a distance of 560 miles in 4½ hours. 2 August 1922 (USA) — Ascending to 23,350 feet in a Martin Bomber, Lieutenant Leigh Wade, United StatesA.S., test pilot at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, breaks his own record for airplane carrying three passengers. 2-9 August 1929 (England/India) — Flying a Fokker with Bristol “ Jupiter” engines, the Duchess of Bedford, with Capt. C. D. Barnard, pilot, and Robert F. Little, mechanic, flies from London to India and return, approximately 10,000 miles, establishing a record for the round trip. 2 August 1949 (USA) — Civil Aeronautics Board reaffirms its freight case decision by issuing five-year certificates to Flying Tiger Line Inc., Slick Airways Inc., United States Airlines Inc., an Airnews Inc. These carriers may not handle Railway Express Agency shipments. 2 August 1949 (USA) — The Civil Aeronautics Board finds that carbon dioxide in the cockpit caused the United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 accident on June 17.