On This Day in Aviation History
1848 – Birth of Otto Lilienthal, German pioneer of human aviation who became the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. 1938 – First flight of the Fiat CR.42 Falco (shown), an Italian single-seat World War II fighter. 1941 – Two dozen German Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attack British destroyers HMS Kelly […]