On 16th January 1933 a French aviator – Jean Mermoz flew over the Atlantic Ocean (from Senegal to Brazil). Mermoz along with his crew spent above water about 17,5 hours. Jean Mermoz died as a pilot in 1936 in unexplained circumstances.
On 15th January 1991 English entrepreneur and bilioner Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson flew over the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. The flight began in Japan and finished in Canada. Branson managed to cover the longest distance in a history of balloon flights – 108000 km. He also set a new world record by reaching … Dowiedz się więcej
On 14th January 1950 there was made a test flight of a Soviet fighter MiG-17. This kind of fighter was owned by almost forty different countries e.g. Albania, Poland, Cuba, USSR, Hungary, Sri Lanka, GDR. It could go faster than speed of sound when using accelerators but because of the construction speed of 1 Ma … Dowiedz się więcej
On 13th January 1945 Japanese kamikaze pilot damaged American escort carrier USS Salamaua. It was the last kamikaze success on waters surrounding the Philippines. Despite serious damages (runway, airshed, drive, rudder) the USS Salamaua was provisorily repaired and reached San Francisco. On 21st April the repair of the ship was finished.
On 12th January 1893 in Rosenheim Hermann Wilhelm Göring was born. He was a German politician and one of the most important men in Nazi Germany. During World War I he was an ace fighter pilot, and in 1935-1945 a commanding officer of German Air Forces – Luftwaffe. Before the outbreak of World War II … Dowiedz się więcej
On 11th January 1975 was launched Soyuz 17 spacecraft, with Aleksiej Gubariew i Gieorgij Grieczkin on board. The Soviet astronauts on Salut 4 space station carried out a series of experiments. They spent 29 days, 13 hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds on the orbit.