Compilation of Today in Aerospace History: 5 June 2013 - Launch of Albert Einstein ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 004, European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft for the ISS 5 June 2012 - Solar Impulse, Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft, completes first intercontinental flight; 19-hour trip Madrid to Rabat 5 June 1994 - Youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic 12-year-old Vicki Van Meter follows Amelia Earharts historic route & lands 7 June 5 June 1989 – Antonov An-225 Mriya, carrying Soviet Shuttle Buran; takeoff weight of 1,234,600 lb, greatest weight ever lifted into the air. 5 June 1969 – Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner becomes first aircraft of class to fly through sound barrier; exceeds Mach 1 at 36,000 ft. 5 June 1967 – Boeing delivers its 1,000th jet airliner, a Boeing 707-120B for American Airlines. 5 June 1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned, USNs manned deep-ocean research submersible operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 5 June 1964 - First flight Helio HST-550 Stallion US STOL utility aircraft Of 18 purchased, 15 were sold to Cambodian (Khmer) Air Force. 5 June 1963 – President Kennedy announces his administration would seek funds for sponsored development of a supersonic transport aircraft. 5 June 1959 - First flight URMV-3 IS-4 Romanian high performance glider from Uzinele de Reparatii Material Volant-3 (Glider repair factory) 5 June 1958 - Sqn Ldr J.S. Booth DFC, Saunders-Roe Chief Test Pilot killed in crash Saunders-Roe SR.53 XD151 during test flight 5 June 1952 - First flight Max Plan PF.204 Busard French-built light sporting monoplane built by Monsieur Max Plan for personal use 5 June 1950 – RCAF Colours were presented to the Force by the Governor-General, Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, at Ottawa, Ontario. 5 June 1946 - First flight I.Ae.24 Calquin (Royal Eagle) Argentine tactical bomber from Instituto Aerotécnico (Córdoba) 5 June 1944 – B-29 Superfortress flies its first combat mission; 98 B-29s take off from bases in India and attack railroad shops in Bangkok 5-6 June 1944 – D-Day – The Allied invasion of France is spearheaded by paratrooper drops and assault glider landings. 5 June 1940 - First flight Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 Italian three-engined bomber aircraft intended (unsuccessfully) as replacement for SM.79 5 June 1932 - First flight Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta British high-wing monoplane four-engine airliner built at Coventry. 5 June 1931 – C.W.A. Scott breaks record for fastest solo flight, Australia to England,10,660 miles in 10 days 23hrs in DH.60 Moth Gipsy II 5 June 1927 – The Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for spaceship travel) is formed in Germany. 5 June 1917 – USN’s First Aeronautical Detachment disembarks from collier USS Jupiter in France; first US military unit to arrive in Europe 5 June 1909 – First monoplane flight over one hour is made by Englishman Hubert Latham in Antoinette IV for 1 hour, 7 minutes, 37 seconds. 5 June 1909 – J Berry & P McCullough win US’s first National Balloon Race, covering 377.9 miles, Indianapolis to Fort Payne in 25hrs 35mins 5 June 1909 – First flight of the Roe I Triplane (Avro Triplane) the first all-British aircraft to fly (previous biplane had French engine)
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