- Houdini was the first man to fly an airplane solo in Australia.
- The top of the tower on the Empire State Building was originally intended (though never used) as a mooring place for dirigibles.
- The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers was Bird of Prey. It stayed in the air only long enough to sail 59 feet.
- Charles Lindbergh was not the first man to fly the Atlantic. He was the 67th. The first 66 made the crossing in dirigibles and twin-engine mail planes. Lindbergh was the first to make the dangerous flight alone.
