1. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Maintenance
Chapter 12

2. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1908 — Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. accompanied by two officers made balloon ascent lasting 4 hours 30 minutes.

3. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1912 — Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson flies across St. George's Channel between England and Ireland.

4. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1920 — Pacific Aeronautical Association at meeting, San Francisco, urges Congress to establish transcontinental air mail lines, air laws, regulate aviation in general, encourage cities to establish municipal landing fields and to aid development of commercial planes.

5. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1921 — Secretary of the Navy and other officials witness launching of first Aeromarine Navy civilian flying boats on Potomac River at Washington.

6. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1921 — Lieut. T. C. Turner with two USMC DH-4-B planes arrives back in Washington, D.C. after 4842 mile round trip to Santo Domingo.

7. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1971 — Britain and France give the go-ahead for four more Concordes, bringing the total to ten.

8. THIS DAY IN AVIATION April 22
1985 — Pan Am sells its Pacific division to United Air Lines for $750 million; the deal includes all Pan Am's Pacific routes as well as its complete fleet of long-range Boeing 747SP's, half its Lockheed “TriStars” and one McDonnell Douglas DC-10.

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