Today in 1919, the Royal Air Force rigid airship R34 completed its two-way crossing of the Atlantic Ocean landing at Pulham Airship Station, United Kingdom.

Today in 1909, Alliot Verdon Roe assembled his own triplane and made the first all British Powered flight from Walthamstow Marsh.

Today in 1910, Walter Brookins became the first flier to take an airplane more than a mile up over Atlantic City, New Jersey.