Tag Archives: airplane

June 5, 1994

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 5, 1994, 12 year-old Vicki Van Meter took off from Maine in a Cessna 210 and flew to Scotland. She followed the route that Amelia Earhart had previously taken and became the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic. Thus scientifically proving that a woman’s sense of direction doesn’t become muddled and confused … Continue reading →

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March 17, 1966

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1966 a U.S. submarine found a missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. On January 17, 1966, a USAF B-52 bomber collided with a flying tanker during a mid-air refueling mission over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain. Both planes exploded, killing their crews … Continue reading →

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February 18, 1930

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1930 Elm Farm’s Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane. Elm Farm’s Ollie also became the first cow to defecate in an airplane. Elm Farm’s Ollie’s cow poop became the first cow poop to be shoveled and thrown from an airplane. Russell Hardicourt became the first … Continue reading →

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January 10, 1911

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1911, Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photographs from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA. The first photograph was of the city itself, but he convinced his pilot to fly lower and he was able to get several nice photographs of Ms. Edith Trupence as she was … Continue reading →

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November 28, 1922

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1922, Captain Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force performed the first public exhibition of skywriting over New York’s Times Square. He was going to spell out, “For an extraordinary social engagement, please contact Louisa Cleo Vanderbilt, at her earliest convenience by dialing 7200 on her telephone, between 3:00 … Continue reading →

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November 24, 1971

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1971, Dan “D.B.” Cooper hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 and escaped by parachuting from the plane with $200,000 in ransom money over a deep woods area of Washington state. Mr. Cooper and the vast majority of the money has never been found. The theories of his disappearance have ranged … Continue reading →

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October 9,1959

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1959, the first telephone call was made between a car and an airplane. Contrary to popular belief, the driver did not order a pepperoni pizza; it was a plain thin crust cheese pizza.

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