On 17 October 1922, the first aircraft, a Vought VE-7 biplane, was launched from USS Langley, the first aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Although it was neither the first time an aeroplane had taken […]
Aero A-18C (c/n ?, “Black 5”) racing aircraft, exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely Aviation Museum), Prague, September 2025. In March 1923, a new biplane fighter developed by the Aero aviation company, designated the A-18, […]
Anatra Anasal (c/n 010.91?, formerly “11120” of Letecký sbor Československé armády / Aviation Corps of the Czechoslovak Army), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In 1911, Russian aviation pioneer Артур Антонович Анатра […]
Národní technické muzeum (the National Technical Museum (NTM), the largest institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, houses an extensive collection of technical artefacts. As of 2023, the museum’s collection comprised around eighty thousand […]
On 12th September 1934, prototype of Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter performed its first flight. Developed by Gloster as a private company venture, the Gladiator became a quite popular fighter aircraft of the late 1930s. In […]
On 22nd August 1922, the prototype of the Vickers Victoria freighter biplane performed its maiden flight at Brooklands, the United Kingdom. In 1920, the British Air Ministry issued Specification 5/20 for a twin-engine troop-carrier biplane. […]
On 20th June 1914, two Austro-Hungarian aircraft, M.III Körting airship and Farman F.20 biplane, collided in mid-air near Fischamend, Lower Austria. As a result of the accident, both aircraft were destroyed and none of their […]
On 6th June 1917, the first wheeled torpedo-carrying aircraft in the world, Sopwith Cuckoo biplane, was officially approved for test flight. Shortly after, the aeroplane performed its maiden flight, although the exact date is unknown. […]
LWF model V (c/n – , ´4´ of the Czechoslovak Legion), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In December of 1915, Edward Lowe Jr., Charles F. Willard, and Robert G. Fowler founded […]
Jet Pitts (c/n LAA 009C-15409, G-JPIT), flying display at the 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. The story of jet-powered Pitts biplane starts with Richard Goodwin, one of the best known and recognized British […]
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