Hello Folks,

New year, new Airshow to plan. The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group has started their Airshow planning meetings. While a bit too early for any news, it’s not too early to think about volunteering at the Airshow. As you may know, 1941 HAG is a 100% volunteer organization and volunteers are needed in all areas of the airshow. Flight line, fuel island, parking, shuttle drivers, food preparation and sale, you name it, we can use you. Even volunteering as a Chairperson would allow you to use your managerial and supervisory skills for a good cause. Contact the Museum for more information. The link to the website is at the bottom of this post
Be Safe,
Tom K.

21 January 1911
Lieutenant Paul W. Beck sent the first wireless-telephonic message from an aeroplane, sending a message from a Wright biplane over Selfridge Field in Michigan.

26 January 1911
Glenn Curtiss made the first premeditated aeroplane landing on water, water taxiing and water take-off from USS Pennyslvania in San Diego Bay.

23 January 1918
The first American Expeditionary Force (AEF) balloon ascent was made at the Balloon School at Cuperly in France.

24 January 1920
Commandant Vuillemin of the Aeronautique Militaire, made the first aircraft flight across the Sahara Desert.

23 January 1923
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) made parachutes compulsory.

27 January 1928
The first rigid airship to aircraft carrier mooring was achieved when United States Navy (USN) dirigible (steerable airship) “Los Angeles” moored to the USS Saratoga while the latter vessel was at sea.

22 January 1944
During Anglo-American landings at Anzio, 50,000 troops were put ashore with massive air support and without opposition.

26 January 1946
The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) established its first experimental guided missile group, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

26 January 1946
Colonel William H. Council, piloting a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, made a record-breaking flight from Long Beach in Los Angeles in California to La Guardia in New York. It was the fastest crossing of the United States to date – 2,470 miles in 4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 mph. It was also the longest non-stop flight by a jet aircraft.

23 January 1950
The United States Air Force (USAF) Research & Development Command was established.

28 January 1950
President Truman announced that the Atomic Energy Commission had been directed to continue its work on all forms of atomic energy weapons including the hydrogen or super-bomb. Restricted areas for flying around American atomic installations and off the coast would be established.

23 January 1951
United States Air Force (USAF) Republic Thunderjet fighters shot down four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s.

25 January 1952
North American F-86 Sabre jet fighters shot down ten Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-15s over North Korea.

22 January 1953
Four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s were shot down during air fighting over North Korea.

23 January 1956
It was reported that a McDonnell Douglas F-101A Voodoo flew faster than 1,050 mph, six times and faster than 1,100 mph at least once.

26 January 1965
Brazil’s Naval air arm was re-established as an independent service. It had been absorbed by the air force in 1941.

27 January 1967
Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom and Edward White all burned to death during a ground accident in the Apollo 1 capsule.

28 January 1986
United States Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 75 seconds after take off. The crew of seven were killed, including Christa McAuliffe, a schoolteacher and the first person to fly under the “Citizen in Space” program.

24 January 1989
The Pentagon lifted a ban on the use of pin-ups to decorate United States Air Force aircraft fuselages. Feminist groups protested against the decision.

Posted by Tom Kwiatkowski – 1941 Historic Aircraft Group

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