He set up a number of challenges (three of which have since been claimed) each with a financial reward reflecting their difficulty: The first to fly a figure-eight course around two markers half a mile apart, the first to fly from England to France and a world speed challenge.
"We're not saying if you don't fly first class you can't fly, " he says.
In March 1962 he was named to be one of six pilot-engineers who would be first to fly it.
In 1911 American airship pioneer Melvin Vaniman built the Akron, a hydrogen-filled, Goodyear Blimp-size craft in which he and his crew intended to be the first to fly across the Atlantic.
That was used to aid in the launch of four experimental satellites over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, the last of which was the first satellite to fly in the GPS 12-hour orbit and the first transmit GPS signals.
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The Blues' first-choice fly-half Sam Norton-Knight has struggled to make an impact since arriving last summer.
But first he will fly to New Zealand to meet the touring British and Irish Lions team.
For the few who don't know, Yeager's the first human to fly above Mach 1, the speed of sound.
Ben Zobrist put the Rays up 1-0 on a first inning sacrifice fly.
Hare also predicts that 20-year-old Joe Ford will provide competition for the two first-team fly-halves at Franklin's Gardens this season.
In 1996 he and a partner, John Kowalski, built the first and only fly-fishing lodge on the Blackfoot, North Fork Crossing.
The first airline to fly the 787 was All Nippon Airlines.
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As a result Geostorms, which could be launched as soon as 2005, has a good chance of being the first spacecraft to fly using a solar sail.
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Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, helped found an influential organization for female pilots and wrote three best-selling books about her flying experiences.
Masi played at inside and outside centre, as well as on the wing, during the World Cup but will start for the first time at fly-half this weekend.
The Pirates got off to a flying start in the first minute as fly-half Johnny Bentley broke through the Bristol defence and was brought to ground 10 metres short of the try line.
He said he would also use some of the money to pay off his parents' and sister's mortgages and to pay for his family to fly first class to Australia to visit his aunt.
And Jackson, making his first start at fly-half, almost sneaked an amazing victory with the last play of the game but he ran out of gas after intercepting a Bath attack inside his own 22.
"You'd like the radiation exposure to be lower, but it is what it is, " said Dr. Norm Thagard, the first American to fly on the Russian space station Mir, who had no role in the research.
Gelb persuaded Pan Am to provide a 747, the first ever to fly into China. (A staircase for disembarking had to be brought from Hong Kong.) Gelb made good use of the seats not filled by members of the orchestra.
While the park has added newer amusements, most visitors come for the vintage attractions, including a two-tier carousel built in 1921, the Talaia, which raises guests with a rickety metal arm to a height of 550m above sea level, and the iconic Avio ride, modelled on the first plane to fly between Barcelona and Madrid.
The Rockies have been shut out for 26 consecutive innings since Carlos Gonzalez hit a first-inning sacrifice fly against the Yankees on Thursday, and have had just one runner in scoring position the first two games of the series.
Squadron leader Steve Long is the first RAF pilot to fly the single-seat plane.
In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic.
Ben Zobrist put the Rays up 1-0 on a first-inning sacrifice fly.
Just prior to the war in Iraq, Phillips became the first female journalist to fly in an F-14 air-to-air combat training mission over the Persian Gulf.
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