Wilbur Wright makes five flights in Centocelle, Italy with King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy present. During one flight, a Universal News Agency cameraman accompanies him and takes the first motion pictures from an airplane in flight.
This day in history
Saturday, April 25
On this day in aviation history
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1946
Lt. Col. William "Billy" Mitchell becomes the first U.S. Army officer to fly over German lines.
Seventeen year old Elinor Smith sets a flight record for women by staying aloft in her Bellanca cabin monoplane over New York for 26 hr, 21 min, 32 sec.
Winged Cargo Inc. opens an unusual freight service in which goods are carried in a Waco CG-4A glider towed by a DC-3.