<Li> First black military pilot: Ahmet Ali Çelikten a.k.a. Arap Ahmet Ali was the first black military pilot in the history, served in Ottoman Aviation Squadrons from 1914 or 1915 . His grandmother came from Bornu (now in Nigeria) to the Ottoman Empire as a slave . </Li> <Ul> <Li> First flights by an all - metal aircraft: The Junkers J 1 pioneering all - metal demonstrator aircraft was flown on several flight trials starting on 12 December 1915 through to 19 January 1916, by both Gefreiter Paul Arnold and Leutnant Theodor Mallinckrodt on separate occasions, with the J 1 attaining altitudes up to 900 meters (3,000 ft) and airspeeds up to 170 km / h (110 mph). </Li> <Li> First landing by an airplane on a moving ship: Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning, in a Sopwith Pup, landed on HMS Furious on August 2, 1917 . </Li> <Li> First flight by an airplane across the Andes: Luis Candelaria flew from Zapala, Argentina, to Cunco, Chile, on April 13, 1918; reaching an altitude of 4,000 meters . </Li> <Li> First flight across the Andes for its top mountains, Chile - Argentina: Teniente Dagoberto Godoy, on December 12, 1918 . Made the crossing on a Bristol M. 1C and was awarded by a bi-national Chilean - Argentinian prize . Reach an altitude of more 6.300 meters, without oxygen supply . </Li> <Li> First non-stop transatlantic flight: John Alcock and Arthur Brown flew a modified Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, on June 14--15, 1919 . They were awarded a Daily Mail prize of £ 10,000, and both men were knighted by King George V . </Li> <Li> First England to Australia flight: Keith Macpherson Smith and Ross Macpherson Smith (plus mechanics Sergeant W.H. (Wally) Shiers and J.M. (Jim) Bennett) completed the journey from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Darwin in a Vickers Vimy on December 10, 1919, winning a prize of £ A10, 000 . </Li> <Li> First African - American woman to obtain a pilot's license: Bessie Coleman on June 15, 1921 . </Li> <Li> First aerial crossing of the South Atlantic: Artur de Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho flew from Lisbon, Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between March 30 and June 17, 1922 . The first to use astronomical navigation (and to rely solely on it during the crossing), with an artificial horizon for aeronautical use . </Li> <Li> First aerial refueling: An Airco DH. 4B biplane of the United States Army Air Service successfully refuelled another DH. 4B in mid-air on June 27, 1923 . </Li> <Li> First Portugal to China flight: Sarmento de Beires and Brito Pais flew from Vila Nova de Milfontes, Alentejo, to Canton, between April 7 and June 20, 1924 . </Li> <Li> First aerial circumnavigation: A pair of Douglas World Cruisers of the United States Army Air Service completed an aerial circumnavigation of the world starting and ending in Seattle Washington, between April 6 and September 28, 1924 . </Li> <Li> First solo non-stop transatlantic flight: Charles Lindbergh, flying the Spirit of St. Louis, made the 33 - hour journey from New York to Paris on May 20--21, 1927, winning the Orteig Prize . </Li> <Li> First transpacific flight from U.S. mainland to Hawaii: U.S. Army lieutenants Albert Francis Hegenberger and Lester J. Maitland flew from California to Hawaii in the Bird of Paradise, a C - 2 transport, on June 28--29, 1927 . </Li> <Li> First female airline pilot: Marga von Etzdorf was hired by Lufthansa in 1927 . One year later, Mary, Lady Heath, was hired by KLM . </Li> <Li> First transpacific flight to Australia: Charles Kingsford Smith and crew, in the Southern Cross, flew from Oakland, California, to Brisbane, Australia, between May 31 and June 9, 1928 . </Li> <Li> First woman to fly across the Atlantic (as passenger): Amelia Earhart was flown by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, in a Fokker F. VII, from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to Burry Port, Wales, on June 17, 1928 . </Li> <Li> First successful trans - Tasman flight: Charles Kingsford Smith and crew, in the Southern Cross, flew from Richmond, New South Wales, to Christchurch, New Zealand, on September 9--10, 1928, becoming the first airplane pilots to successfully cross the Tasman Sea . </Li> <Li> First solo trans - Tasman flight: Guy Menzies, flying an Avro Avian named the Southern Cross Junior, took off from Sydney on January 7, 1931, and crash - landed in a swamp near Hari Hari, New Zealand, nearly twelve hours later . </Li> <Li> First nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean: Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon flew Miss Veedol from Samushiro, Japan, to Wenatchee, Washington, on October 4--5, 1931 . The journey took 41 hours, 13 minutes . </Li> <Li> First female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean: Amelia Earhart, in a Lockheed Vega 5B, flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, to Culmore, Ireland, on May 20, 1932 . </Li> <Li> First successful single - lift rotor helicopter: Alexei Cheremukhin and Boris Yuriev's TsAGI - 1EA, which flew to a record altitude of 605 meters (1,985 ft) on August 14, 1932 . </Li> <Li> First flight over the world's highest peak, Mount Everest: Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre, in Westland's PV - 3 and PV - 6 respectively, flew over Everest on April 3, 1933 . </Li> <Li> First flight by a liquid - fueled rocket - powered aircraft: The Heinkel He 176, piloted by Erich Warsitz, made its maiden flight on June 20, 1939 . </Li> <Li> First flight by a turbojet - powered aircraft: The Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz, made its maiden flight on August 27, 1939 . </Li> <Li> First aerial combat engagement with a jet fighter: The Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a twin - jet fighter, Werknummer (serial number) 130 017 flown by Leutnant Alfred Schreiber, serving with the Ekdo 262 service test unit at Lechfeld Air Base, Bavaria, engaged an RAF de Havilland Mosquito twin - piston engined reconnaissance aircraft of 540 Squadron on July 26, 1944, in an inconclusive combat sortie . </Li> <Li> First combat sortie by any rocket - powered military aircraft: Major Wolfgang Späte flew the Messerschmitt Me 163 B V41 Komet interceptor aircraft of the EK 16 service test unit from Bad Zwischenahn in northwest Germany on May 13, 1944 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> First flights by an all - metal aircraft: The Junkers J 1 pioneering all - metal demonstrator aircraft was flown on several flight trials starting on 12 December 1915 through to 19 January 1916, by both Gefreiter Paul Arnold and Leutnant Theodor Mallinckrodt on separate occasions, with the J 1 attaining altitudes up to 900 meters (3,000 ft) and airspeeds up to 170 km / h (110 mph). </Li> <Li> First landing by an airplane on a moving ship: Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning, in a Sopwith Pup, landed on HMS Furious on August 2, 1917 . </Li>

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