3 December 1928 (USA) — Pacific Air Transport starts daily mail, passenger and express service between Oakland and San Jose, California, 38 miles.

3 December 1945 (England) — A DeHavilland Sea Vampire fighter becomes the first purely jet-powered airplane to operate from an aircraft carrier, when Lieutenant-Commander E. M. “Winkle” Brown lands his aircraft on the HMS Ocean in England.

3 December 1958 (USA) — An aircraft exchange, which will function like the stock markets and commodity exchanges, opens in New York.