1. Mighty 8th Museum
Oct 27, 2017

2. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 27
1909 — Mrs. Ralph van Deman flies for four minutes with Wilbur Wright at College Park, Maryland, becoming the United States' first female passenger.

3. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 27 – 2 November
1934 — Lieut. Owen Cathcart-Jones and Kenneth H.F. Waller fly from Darwin, Australia, to Lympne, England, in 5 days 15 hours and 23 minutes, setting a new world record. (De Havilland Comet, two De Havilland Gipsy Six R engines.)

4. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 27
1944 — The 9th Fighter Squadron flew its first mission from the Philippines since 1942.

5. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 27
1957 — The United States Air Force reports sending a rocket at least 1,000 miles and perhaps 4,000 miles above the earth at Eniwetok Atoll in “Operation Far Side.”

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7. October 2017
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1 2
Chapter 3
Intro
Atlantic Crossing 3
Barnstormers 4
Billy MItchell 5
Air Mail 6
Quiz Review
Quiz
Flightline
Friday 7 8 9
Aviation Pioneers
R-4 Helocopter 10
Chapter 3 Commercial Aviation 11
Chapter 3 Seaplanes 12
Tuskegee Airman 13
RED TAILS 14 15 16
Chapter 4
Air Power Goes to War 17
Blitzkreig 18
Battle of Britain
1st Quarter Grades Due 19
Russian Front 20
Report Cards Sent Home 21 22 23
US Enters War
Pearl Harbor 24
European Campaign
North Africa 25
Theories of Air Power 26
D-Day 27
Mighty 8th Museum 28

8. Mighty 8th Museum
Oct 27, 2017

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