Hello again Folks. Another week down the tubes. That’s okay ’cause that brings Spring just that much closer. The Winter hasn’t been that bad for me here in Rochester, New York so far, although there is a storm going on right now that’s being called for as double-digit accumulations. Still, I’m ready for no snow and decent weather. Yeah, I guess I’m another one who is never satisfied with the weather, no matter how good or bad it is. I know a lot of Folks have had it a lot worse than we did, but we still managed a 36-car pileup during a whiteout. It happened in a large open area near the airport. They’re now trying to figure out if something can be done about it to prevent another one from happening. I figure even if they can prevent the whiteouts, it’s not gonna change the way people drive in poor conditions. They even have a term for it now. “Aggressive Driving.” Isn’t there anything that doesn’t have a term for it these days? BAH! Before I say something I know I’ll regret (again) let’s get down to some serious history, shall we?
Take Care and Be Safe,
Tom K.

March 1911
Captain Chambers of the United States Bureau of Navigation was ordered to assist in the formation of a USN aviation branch.

March 1912
The German Aviation Experimental Establishment (DVL) was established at Berlin-Aldershof.

The first seaplane competition was held at Monaco.

Structural Failures led the French government to ground Bleriot monoplanes. Louis Bleriot investigated and the ban was lifted after two weeks.

The Liore & Oliver aircraft company was founded by French engineers Fernand Liore and Henri Oliver.

1 March 1912
The first parachute jump from an airplane, a Benoist biplane, was made over Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, USA, by Captain Albert Berry.

27 February 1913
Slavorosov, Caproni’s chief test pilot, flew from Milan to Rome on a tour arranged by La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

March 1913
The twin-engined Bolshoi Bal’tisky (The Great Baltic) or Grand RBVZ, produced by Igor Sikorsky, took its first flight.

China ordered its first military aircraft, 12 Caudrons, from France.

March 1918
The Aviation of the 1st Polish Corps was formed from the 1st Polish aviation unit.

Ilmailuvoimat, the Finnish Air Arm was formed.

Dr. Ing Theodor von Karman and William Zurovec completed an electrically powered helicopter in Budapest. The PKZ1 performed four tethered lift-offs, with all but one carrying three people.

March 1919
Italian Caproni airplanes were used to inaugurate a regular international air service between Padova and Vienna.

1 March 1919
German airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei extended its air network to Hamburg.

March 1934
A Tupolev ANT-4, piloted by A.V. Lyapidevsky, made the first landing on ice in the Arctic, while on a rescue mission.

March 1936
The first flight test of a liquid-fuel rocket, developed by the German Wernher von Braun, ended in filure when the test Heinkel He 112 exploded. The pilot, Erich Warsitz, was thrown clear.

26 February 1940
The United States War Department formed the United States Air Defense Command to integrate defenses against possible air attack.

25 February 1941
The Air Defense Force (PVO) was formed in the Soviet Union.

2-4 March 1943
The Battle of the Bismark Sea: a major attempt by the Japanese to re-enforce Lea was foiled by United States Southwest Pacific Air Forces. 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping was sunk and almost 60 aircraft were destroyed.

29 February 1944
5th USAAF aircraft supported landings in the Admiralty Islands.

28 February 1945
The first manned flight of the Bachem Ba 349 Natter Killed the pilot, Oberleutnant Lothar Siebert. Three subsequent manned launches were successful and the aircraft was cleared for operational use, although it did not see service.

26 February-2 March 1949
The first non-stop round the world flight was made by USAF B-50 “Lucky Lady II”, piloted by Captain James Gallagher. The aircraft was refuelled in flight four times during its 94 hour 1 minute flight which covered a distance of 23,452 miles.

1 March 1954
A ban on the production of military aircraft in Japan was lifted. An agreement between the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and the Kawasaki Aircraft company gave Kawasaki the right to manufacture Lockheed F-94C Starfire jets and T-33A jets.

United States hydrogen bombs were exploded in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

26 February 1955
George F. Smith became the first man in the world to live after an ejection from a North American F-100 Super Sabre travelling at supersonic speed (Mach 1.05) after his controls jammed.

1 March 1955
A second USAF Early Warning and Control Wing became operational, flying Lockheed RC-121s.

2 March 1955
The Boeing Airplane Company received its first major production contract for the KC-135 Stratotanker.

1 March 1956
Turkish airline DHY adopted the name THY-Turkish Airlines.

25 February 1961
Paul F. Bikle, Director of NASA’s Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California piloted a Schweizer 123E sailplane to a height of 46,267 feet.

29 February 1964
President Johnson revealed the existence of the Lockheed A-11 High altitude High-speed reconnaissance aircraft.

2 March 1969
The Sud Aviation/British Aircraft Corporation Concord 001 Super Sonic Transport prototype made its first flight at Toulouse, piloted by Andre Turcat, Sud’s chief test pilot.

2 March 1971
A change in policy meant that female USAF officers could take 12 months leave from the service if they became pregnant.

27 February 1979
Production of the A-4 Skyhawk ended after 26 years with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the USMC.

1 March 1984
Braniff began to operate a domestic airline service in the United States after a two year gap caused by bankruptcy.

25 February 1988
India first launched the indigenously developed Prithvi tactical missile.

28 February 1998
An unarmed Ryan RQ-4A Global Hawk flew for the first time. The aircraft was intended to replace the USAF’s Lockheed U-2 in the high-altitude, long-range reconnaissance role.
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That’s it for this week Folks. See ya in seven.

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