CIIC:Selected anniversaries/November 11

The F-8 is a supersonic fighter with a single seat and twin engines. It made its maiden flight on July 5, 1969.

1949: The headquarters of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was set up in Beijing, signifying that the Air Force had officially become a branch of the PLA armed services.

1989: The China Aviation Museum opened to the public.

1994: The widest broadband seismograph in the world was developed in China. The JCZ-1 ultra-broadband seismometer, as it was called, is extremely sensitive and able to sense a wide array of scopes, from high-frequency seismic waves to wide frequencies of solid tides.