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9 August 1884 (France) — Built by Frenchmen Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs, the airship “La France” is powered by a 9-hp electric motor driving one large propeller. It makes a fully-controlled circular flight while traveling about 5 miles at 14 mph.
9 August 1896 (Germany) — Otto Lilienthal crashes in his No.11 glider while flying from the Rhinower Hill range and dies the next day. He made approximately 2,500 flights in his various gliders.
9 August 1922 (USA) — Ten Cleveland bankers flying to Detroit aboard Aeromarine cruisers for lunch.
9-24 August 1922 (Germany) — Soaring and gliding competition at Gersfeld, Germany.
9 August 1945 (Japan) — The second A-Bomb, code-named “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki by the United States B-29 “Superfortress” Bockscar, flown by the crew of 393rd Squadron commander Major Charles W. Sweeney.
9 August 1949 (USA) — The B-36 hearings begin with Major General Frederick H. Smith, Jr. (Operations, United States Air Force) as the first witness.
9 August 1949 (USA) — W. E. (Dusty) Rhoades, United Air Line test pilot, receives the Air Transportation Association trophy for air navigation work.
9 August 1956 (Italy) — The Fiat G.91, produced for NATO as a light strike-fighter, makes its first flight.
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