Aviation and Space: Diary-notifications and anniversaries for 2017
Throughout 2017 the FAI will mark some important anniversaries in aviation and space flight.
These will include:
- The 90th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s historic New York to Paris flight (May 1927)
- The 80th anniversary of the disappearance of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart (July 1937)
- The 220th anniversary of the first parachuting jump (October 1797)
- The 40th anniversary of Alexandr Fedotov's absolute altitude record on an aircraft (August 1977)
A full list of records and achievements in aviation and Space flight that the FAI plan to mark throughout 2017 include:
| Date | Name | Country | Category | Description | Performance |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06.01.2015 | SCHMELZER Tijl | BEL | Gliding - Africa Record | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km - First to pass the 200km/h barrier using thermals rather than mountain waves | 179.00 km/h | Current |
| 21.01.1987 | MCCALLIN Lois | USA | Human-Powered Aeroplane - Female category |
Duration |
37mn 38sec | Current |
| 17.02.2012 | SINGH Parmjit | IND | Microlights | Distance in a straight line without landing | 313.13 km | Current |
| 21.05.1927 | LINDBERGH Charles | USA | Powered Aeroplanes |
Distance in a straight line without landing - First solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (New York-Paris) |
5809 km | Superseded |
| 30.05.2012 |
BOTT Jacques |
FRA | Hang Gliding | Out-and-return distance | 366.4 km | Current |
| 23.06.2016 | PICCARD Bertrand | SUI | Powered Aeroplanes - Electric | Distance - First solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean aboard an solar-powered aircraft (New York-Seville) | 176.35 km/h | Current |
|
02.07.1937 |
EARHART Amelia |
USA |
Disappearance |
Not a record |
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| 09.07.2012 | DANJO Akihiro | JPN | Aeromodelling - Free flight | Duration | 19 min 40 sec | Current |
| 23.07.2016 | KONYUKHOV Fedor | RUS | Ballooning - Absolute record | Shortest time around the world | 268 h 20 min | Current |
| 08.08.1997 | MURRAY Jennifer | GBR | Rotorcraft | Speed around the world. Eastbound | 22.44 km/h | Current |
| 23.08.1977 | ALLEN Bryan | USA | Human-Powered Aircraft |
First human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight aboard the MacCready Gossamer Condor |
Not a record | |
| 31.08.1977 | FEDOTOV Alexandr | RUS | Powered Aeroplanes - Absolute Record | Altitude | 37'650 m | Current |
| 04.10.1957 | Astronautics |
Sputnik 1: first artificial Earth satellite |
Not a record | |||
| 14.10.2012 | BAUMGARTNER Felix | AUT | Parachuting |
Vertical Speed Records without a Drogue - First person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power |
1'357.6 km/h | Current |
| 14.10.1947 | YEAGER Chuck | USA |
First to break the sound barrier |
Not a record | ||
| 15.10.1927 | COSTES Dieudonné/LE BRIX Joseph | FRA | Powered Airplanes | First nonstop flight across the South Atlantic Ocean (Senegal-Brazil) | Not a record | |
| 22.10.1797 | GARNERIN André-Jacques | FRA | Parachuting | First parachuting jump | Not a record | |
| 03.11.1957 | Laika (dog) | Astronautics |
First animal in orbit (aboard Sputnik 2) |
Not a record | ||
| 13.11.1907 | CORNU Paul | FRA | Helicopters |
First well documented helicopter flight |
Not a record | |
| 16.12.2012 | UEYAMA Kenichi | JPN | Aeromodelling - Radio Control Flight |
Speed in a closed circuit |
219.85 km/h |
Current |
| 19.12.2007 | DUVOISIN Pierrick | SUI | Hot-Air Balloons - 250 m3 and less |
Duration - Very small balloon |
6 h 20 min 38 sec |
Current |
| 1937 | BATTEN Jean | NZL |
First woman to receive the FAI Gold Air Medal |
|
Not a record |
