Daily Aviation History
November 16
In 1915... Victor Carlstrom becomes the 1st pilot to fly from Toronto to New York. Carlstrom flies in a Curtiss R-2 biplane and was in the air for 6 hours and 40 minutes. Later, Victor, flying an R-2, established a three-man American altitude record of 11,180 feet at Newport News, Virginia.
In 1920... Qantas, the national airline of Australia is registered as an aerial carrier under the name of �Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited�. Only KLM (now part of Air France-KLM) and Avianca are older.
In 2004... The Boeing X-43 scramjet becomes the fastest air-breathing jet flying at nearly Mach 10 at approx. 11,200 km/h or 3.11 km/s.