September 30, 1906 Lt. Frank P. Lahm and Maj. Henry B. Hersey won the first James Gordon Bennett balloon race, flying 402 miles from Paris to Scarborough, England.
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September 30, 1911 After an Aero Club of America air meet at Nassau Boulevard, N.Y., Lt. Henry H. Arnold became the "stunt man" for the movie, "The Military Air Scout.
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September 30, 1949 The Berlin airlift, gradually reduced since May 12, officially ends. Allied aircraft carried 2,343,301.5 tons of supplies on 277,264 flights. U.S. planes carried 1,783,826 tons.
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September 30, 1952 The Rascal GAM-63 air-to-surface strategic missile completed its first powered flight at Holloman AFB, N.M.
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