American Aviation Historical Society

1910

The first airplane bombing tests are made as Glenn H. Curtiss drops dummy bombs from his own Curtiss biplane on the shape of a battleship marked by flagged buoys on Lake Keuka, New York.

1911

The Curtiss A-1 seaplane is tested for the first time by Glenn Curtiss.

1938

The USN lets a contract to Chance Vought for a single prototype designated V-166B that would eventually become the F4U Corsair

1941

The USN issues a contract to Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of UAC for 584 F4U-1 aircraft.

1977

President Carter cancels the B-1 bomber program.