When was the first official airmail flight service commenced? Name the nations. Airmail The first AIR MAIL services by flight (official) was made by Henri Pecquet in a Humber-Sommer biplane at the United Provinces Exhibition, Allahabad, India on 18 February 1911. A load of...
When were the first two ‘Supersonic’ airliner services scheduled? Airliners-Supersonic The first SUPERSONIC AIRLINERS in scheduled passenger service were a British Airways Concorde flying Heathrow-Bahrain and an Air France Concorde flying Paris-Rio de Janeiro, both of which took off simultaneously at 11.40 a.m. on...
When was the first round-the-world passenger service inaugurated? How many days did such trips take? First Passenger Service The first ROUND-THE-WORLD PASSENGER SERVICE was inaugurated by Qantas Empire Airways on 14 January 1958, flying the Super Constellation Southern Aurora eastbound from Sydney to London via...
When did the first Trans-Atlantic airline services commence from the US and from the UK? Airline Service-Trans-Atlantic The first TRANS-ATLANTIC AIRLINE SERVICE across the North Atlantic began with the inaugural passenger flight of Pan American Airways’ Boeing 314 flying-boat Yankee Clipper between Botwood, Newfoundland, and...
What were the distinct services or choices offered first by the International airlines? Airlines’ Distinct Services The first attempt at providing MICALS IN FLIGHT was made by Handley Page Transport and took the form of pre-packed lunch-boxes offered on their London Paris (lights from...
When did the first airline disaster occur? When did the first reported collision between airliners take place? Airline Disaster The first Air CRASH on a scheduled passenger flight occurred at Golders Green, a suburb of north London, shortly after noon on Tuesday, 14 December...
When did the first passenger service airlines operations commence in the United States of America and when was intercontinental services established? Airline The first DOMESTIC PASSENGER SERVICE airlines to establish scheduled passenger service by aeroplane was the St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line of St Petersburg, Fla.,...
When was the Jet’ (Turbo) airline service inaugurated? What was the record time set by the Jet service run between New York and London? Air Services-Jet The first JET (TURBO) AIRLINE SERVICE was inaugurated by BOAC with the flight of a de Havilland Comet...
Who was the first Air Hostess in the US and outside the USA? Air Hostess Miss Ellen Church, a Registered Nurse from Iowa, was the first US AIR HOSTESS who on 15 May 1930 welcomed her first 11 passengers aboard a United Airlines tri-motor...
Who was the first military pilot to fly officially? Who supplied the first military aircraft? Who were the first serving officers to be trained as pilots? What was the name of the aviation army unit? Which was the independent air force to be effectively established?...
