1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot, was born (d. 1935). Wiley Post was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits.

1904 – Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II a distance of 3 miles (5 km) near Dayton, Ohio, the first flight of longer than five seconds.

1909 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin forms the world’s first commercial airline, DELAG 

1918 – The Armistice with Germany brings World War I to an end. The Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and Royal Air Force have suffered 16,623 casualties during the war, while the German Air Service has suffered in excess of 15,000.

1927 – The United States Navy commissions USS Saratoga (CV-3), its first large aircraft carrier and its first carrier capable of fleet speeds and true combat operations.

1929 – The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as 99s, was founded at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, New York, for the mutual support and advancement of women pilots.

1939 – The first jet-powered plane, the Heinkel He 178, is demonstrated to officials of the Reich Air Ministry for their consideration as a warplane. The Nazi bigwigs pass on the design despite its superior speed, preferring to continue using proven piston-driven aircraft rather than investing in the new jet technology.

1947 – With Howard Hughes at the controls, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the “Spruce Goose, ” makes its first flight, traveling at 135 mph (217 km/hr) for about a mile (1.6 km) at an altitude of 70 feet (21 m) over Long Beach Harbor in California with 32 people on board. Both the largest flying boat and the aircraft with the largest wingspan (319 feet 11 inches; 97.54 m) ever built, it never flies again.

1957 – The Ruskians launch Sputnik 2, an orbiter that delivered the first animal into a space; a female terrier named Laika. The 3-year-old dog was sent to determine if a living creature could withstand launch and weightlessness, but she ultimately died a few hours after launch due to overheating due to a thermal control issue. Regardless, she proved that oxygen-craving creatures could enter space, and Laika was considered a hero.

1961 – The US Navy‘s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise is commissioned.

1969 – Apollo 12 lands on the Moon, allowing Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan L. Bean to become the third and fourth humans to walk on its surface.

1971 – A man reported as D. B. Cooper hijacks Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727, out of Portland, Oregon, releasing the passengers in exchange for US$200,000 and four parachutes; the crew takes off with Cooper on board, and he parachutes from the plane; Cooper is never found and his fate remains unknown, although a roll of bills from his ransom is found in a riverbed many years later

1988 – The US Air Force publicly unveils the F-117 Nighthawk

2003 – Concorde G-BOAF MSN 216, makes the very last flight before retirement from London Heathrow to Bristol Filton, the place she was born on 20th April 1979. She went supersonic off the south west coast before returning and making low level flights over Bristol City and Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge, then onto her final landing at Bristol Filton. This was the final flight of Concorde.

2007 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 “Enola Gay” over Hiroshima, dies (b. 1916).

2012 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to an exhibition hall at Cape Canaveral’s main tourist stop to be put on display. The 10-mile (16-km) journey takes 12 hours. It is the final act of the Space Shuttle Program.

The above is a partial list of aviation events that took place in the month of November.  A more complete listing can be found here.