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Today the aviation world celebrates the centenary of the Mile High Club!
One hundred years ago today (November 21, 1916) Lawrence Sperry of the Sperry Gyroscope Company was flying his Curtis Flying boat near New York in company with a 'lady friend'.
The aircraft was being controlled by Sperry's new autopilot -
however while they were "distracted"
the system became disconnected and the aircraft crashed into the Great South Bay.
The couple were later rescued, devoid of clothes, by two duck hunters.
They claimed the impact of the crash caused them to lose their clothes...
This didn't stop a skeptical New York tabloid from running the famous headline “Aerial Petting Ends in Wetting.”
Happy Mile High Club Day!