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This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 27, 1949 An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashed into a mountain while attempting to land in the Azores. 48 die including French boxing star Marcel Cerdan and the young concert violinist, Ginette Neveu.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 27, 1960 Air Mali (1960–1985) is established.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 27, 1988 First flight of the ATR 72.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 27, 1993 Widerøe Flight 744, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashes in Overhalla, Norway on approach to Namsos Airport, killing both pilots and four passengers.

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This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 1958 Pan American World Airways marked the dawn of the “Jet Age” when its Boeing 707‑121 “Clipper America” departed New York’s Idlewild Airport for Paris Le Bourget, the first scheduled commercial jet service by an American airline.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 1989 China Airlines Flight 204, a Boeing 737, crashes into the Chiashan mountain range after takeoff from Hualien Airport. Taiwan. All 54 on board perish.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 1993 ValuJet Airlines begins operations.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 1993 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, overruns the runway at Fuzhou Changle International Airport in heavy weather, killing 2 of 80 on board

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 2007 Philippine Airlines Flight 475, an Airbus A320, overruns the runway on landing at Bancasi Airport in Butuan City, the Philippines, and is destroyed. All 154 people on board survive.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 2007 First flight of the Embraer Lineage 1000, a variant of the Embraer E190 regional jet airliner, launched as a private jet on May 2, 2006.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 2008 Qatar Airways launches daily nonstop flights between Doha and New York-JFK using Boeing 777-300ER.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 2009 S-Air Flight 9607, a BAe 125, registration RA-02807, crashes on approach to Minsk International Airport. All three crew and both passengers are killed.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 26, 2011 All Nippon Airways flies the first commercial flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, from Tokyo to Hong Kong.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 25, 1930 TWA (originally "Transcontinental and Western Air") begins the first regular passenger flights between New York and Los Angeles.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 25, 1951 Japan Airlines flies its first flights, using three Northwest Airlines Martin 2-0-2 aircraft, flown by Northwest crews.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 25, 1968 Northeast Airlines Flight 946, a Fairchild 227, crashes near Etna, New Hampshire, killing 32 passengers and crew.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 25, 1986 Piedmont Airlines Flight 467, a Boeing 737, overruns the runway at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport; there are no fatalities on board, but the aircraft is written off.