4 November 1910 (England/France) — The first dirigible to fly from England to France is the British non-rigid airship City of Cardiff, built by E.T. Willows.

4 November 1928 (England) — Lt. D’Arcy Greig in Supermarine-Napier S-5 monoplane flies at a speed of 319.57 mph. His record is not official because it does not beat by 5 mph that of 318.624 made by the Bernardi in Italy.

4 November 1949 (USA) — Civil Aeronautics Board reports the airline financial improvement during first six months of 1949 — $10,649,000 operating profit as compared to a $3,966,000 dollar loss in 1948 — results from increased non-mail revenues.

4 November 1949 (USA) — Consolidated Vultee receives $5-million United States Air Force contract for twelve T-29 trainers.

4 November 1959 (USA) — Second Project Mercury Little Joe firing to test the capsules escape rocket system is a complete success.

4 November 1960 (USA) — The United States Air Force revealed use of a converted Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter as an airborne command post.