The birthday of Israeli civil aviation is considered to be September 28, 1948, when the first president of the state, Chaim Weizmann, arrived in Israel from Geneva on board a military aircraft, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, converted for civilian use.
On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, proposing to divide the territory of the British Mandate in Palestine into two states — Jewish and Arab, with Jerusalem to be made an international zone.
