Compilation of Today in Aerospace History: 22 Nov 1994 - First flight McDonnell Douglas MD 600N, US light utility civilian helicopter, stretched 8-seat development of 5-seat MD 520N 22 Nov 1980 - Nasa Space probe Voyager 1 makes its closest approach within 124,000 kilometres (77,000 mi) of Saturns cloud-tops. 22 Nov 1977 - Concorde begins Scheduled service from Paris and London to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. 22 Nov 1969 - Launch of Skynet 1A, British military satellite to provide strategic communication services to the British & NATO Armed Forces 22 Nov 1961 – The first aircraft carrier designed as such to be completed in France, Clemenceau, is completed at the Brest Arsenal at Brest. 22 Nov 1961 - Lt Cl R.B. Robinson with a McDonnell Douglas F4H-1F Phantom II reaches a speed record of 2,585km/h (2.11 Mach / 1606 mph) 22 Nov 1955 - First Soviet hydrogen bomb, RDS-37, is air dropped at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan from a Tupolev Tu-16. 22 Nov 1946 - First flight Martin 2-0-2, twin-engined piston airliner 22 Nov 1935 – China Clipper Martin M-130 4-engine flying boat takes off from Alameda for first airmail cargo across Pacific Ocean to Manila 22 Nov 1916 - First flight Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, WWI British biplane fighter aircraft 22 Nov 1913 - Capt Longcroft 2 Sqn flies non-stop Montrose to Farnborough in Royal Aircraft Factory BE2: 445 miles in 7 hours 20 minutes 22 Nov 1909 – Wright Company incorporated with capital stock of $1m Formed to manufacture airplanes. Wilbur Wright is President, Orville VP 22 Nov 1901 – The Wright brothers begin wind tunnel experiments at Dayton to optimize the wing design of what will become their 1902 glider
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