On 16th May 1919, three Curtiss NC-4 flying boats of the US Navy left Newfoundland and headed the Azores, in attempt for the first transatlantic flight of the powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. In April of 1913, […]
Rigid and semi-rigid airships first appeared in the late nineteenth century and were consistently developed in the following decades. Pioneers such as Alberto Santos-Dumont, Count von Zeppelin and Thomas Scott Baldwin transformed the dirigible from […]
Embraer ERJ 135ER (c/n 145376, G-RJXL of BMI Regional), taxiing at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2018. Development of the Embraer ERJ (Embraer Regional Jet) aircraft family began in the late 1980s, with the […]
In early April of 2025, Forces armées en Guyane – FAG (the Armed Forces in French Guiana) performed three medevac operations within forty-eight hours. All missions were successfully completed by Cayenne-based Escadron de Transport 68 […]
On 9th May 1888, Count Francesco Baracca, the best Italian air ace of the Great War, was born. Francesco Luigi Giuseppe Baracca was born in Lugo (commonly referred to as Lugo di Romagna or Lugo […]
Maule M-5-210C Strata Rocket (c/n 6034C, OK-ESM), taxiing for sightseeing flight within Den ve vzduchu 2025 air show, Plasy, April 2025. The story of Maule aircraft starts in 1911, with Belford David Maule, who was […]
On Friday, 25th April 2025, Sdružení Aviatické pouti (the Aviation Fair Association) officially launched its airworthy replica of Jan Kašpar´s Blériot type aircraft. The solemn ceremony took place at Kunětice airfield, with participation of invited […]
On 2nd May 1891, the founding commander of the South African Air Force, General Sir Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld – commonly known as Pierre van Ryneveld – was born in Senekal, in the then Orange […]
In about a month, the 33rd edition of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair), the biggest civilian air show event in the Czech Republic, will take place at Pardubice airfield. This year the show will be marked […]
Airbus H145 (c/n 20221, D-HNHX), static display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In February of 1977, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) signed an agreement to […]
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