- 1909 - Frenchman Louis Blériot - first person to fly across the English Channel from France to England.
- 1911 - American Calbraith Rodgers - first person to fly across the U.S. in a Wright plane called the Vin Fiz. Click here to read more about Cal's flight.
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh - first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis; it was 3,610 miles from New York to Paris; it took 33 1/2 hours.
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart - first woman to cross Atlantic in a nonstop flight.
- 1933 - Wiley Post - first solo flight around the world; he traveled 15,596
miles in 7 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes.
- 1947 - Chuck Yeager - first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
- 1986 - Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager - flew nonstop around the world
without refueling in 9 days, 3 minutes, 44 seconds.