August 91947

The Pulqui I flies, Latin America’s first jet

First flight79 years ago

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15historical events

51occurrences in earlier years

1884–2025years covered

Fact of the day

The I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I takes off at Córdoba: the first jet aircraft designed and built in Latin America, which put Argentina among the first nations in the world to fly a jet of its own.

Also on this day · 14

1884Milestone The first fully controlled flight

Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs lift off from Chalais-Meudon in the electric airship La France, fly an 8-kilometre circuit and return to their starting point: the first fully controlled flight.

1896Accident Lilienthal’s last fall

Otto Lilienthal’s glider stalls over the Rhinow Hills and falls from 15 metres; the pioneer dies the next day.

1918Milestone D’Annunzio flies over Vienna

Eight Ansaldo SVAs led by Gabriele D’Annunzio circle Vienna for half an hour dropping leaflets without being intercepted.

1926First flight The Focke-Wulf GL 18 flies

The Focke-Wulf GL 18, a German airliner, makes its first flight.

1928Milestone A novice leaves Berlin and ends up circling the globe

Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen leaves Berlin in a small Klemm intending to reach Moscow; he would extend the trip stage by stage until he had flown around the world.

1935First flight The Dewoitine D.338 flies

The Dewoitine D.338, a French airliner, makes its first flight.

1958Accident Central African Airways Flight 890 at Benghazi

A Central African Airways Viscount crashes on approach to Benghazi; 36 of the 54 aboard die.

1970Accident LANSA 502 at Cusco

An Electra crashes after take-off from Cusco: 99 of the 100 people on board die, many of them American exchange students, plus two on the ground.

1980Milestone Jacqueline Cochran dies

Jacqueline Cochran, the first woman to break the sound barrier and the holder of more records than anyone of her time, dies at her home in Indio, California. She started as a hairdresser and ended up commanding the wartime women pilots.

1987Airline TranStar shuts down

TranStar Airlines, the former Muse Air bought by Southwest, ceases operations.

1995Accident Aviateca Flight 901 into San Vicente volcano

An Aviateca 737 strikes San Vicente volcano on approach to San Salvador in a thunderstorm; all 65 aboard are killed.

1996Milestone Frank Whittle dies

Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the British jet engine, dies at Columbia, Maryland, aged 89. His ashes will be taken to Cranwell, the academy where as a cadet he had first imagined the turbine.

2007Accident Air Moorea Flight 1121 in Polynesia

An Air Moorea Twin Otter falls into the sea after takeoff from Moorea; all 20 aboard are killed.

2024Accident Voepass Flight 2283 crashes at Vinhedo

A Voepass ATR 72 enters a flat spin and falls on a neighbourhood of Vinhedo, São Paulo; all 62 aboard are killed.

This day in earlier years · 51

Occurrences recorded on August 9 in earlier years across the fleet we document; this year’s are in News. Each one opens the record of the aircraft involved.