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FAA – Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Flightline Friday. Flightline Friday. THIS DAY IN AVIATION. April 25 1920 — Pilot Clifford Webster flies Curtiss H.S.2-L flying boat with 2 passengers from Florida to New York, 1345 miles, in 18 hours 27 minutes. . THIS DAY IN AVIATION.
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FAA – Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Flightline Friday Flightline Friday
THIS DAY IN AVIATION • April 25 • 1920 — Pilot Clifford Webster flies Curtiss H.S.2-L flying boat with 2 passengers from Florida to New York, 1345 miles, in 18 hours 27 minutes.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION • April 25 • 1922 — Known as the Stout ST-1, the first all-metal airplane designed for the United States Navy makes its first flight piloted by Eddie Stinson.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION • April 25 • 1940 — McGee Airways pioneers the transportation of fresh meat and milk to the Alaskan interior.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION • April 25 • 1945 — The USAAF 8th AF made its last attack on an industrial target during World War II.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION • April 25 • 1972 — The world straight-line distance record for a single-seat sailplane is set by German Hans Werner Grosse, who sails 907 miles (1,460 km) in a Sleicher AS-W12 sailplane.