There was also an important aerospace event; and it was 100 years ago, today.
Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin's, LZ3
airship, the largest and most powerful flying machine
of its day, stayed aloft for over eight hours,
covering a nonstop distance of over 220 miles (350 kilometres)
at a top speed of over 32 mph (50 km/hour)...
That historic event occurred on September, 30, 1907.
His achievement that day showed people that the airship was a practical means of air transport....As a result, the German government quickly funded the building of larger military versions of his machine, one of which bombed
Antwerp in 1914.
I don't know how many innocent Belgians it killed.
Jacob