26 October 2026
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    23 October 1911 – first use of the aeroplane in combat

    On 23 October 1911, the Italian aviator Captain Carlo Piazza performed a reconnaissance flight over Libya. This marked the first use of a heavier-than-air aircraft in combat, as well as the first reconnaissance flight conducted using this type of aircraft. [...]
  • MILITARY AVIATION

    Airbus U740 Valkyrie completes first European flight

    Airbus and the American company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have announced the successful completion of the first European test flight of the U740 Valkyrie Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA). The flight marked another milestone in the partnership between [...]
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Ilyushin Il-102

    Ilyushin Il-102 / Ил-102 (c/n 102010303010), stored at the Музей Техники Вадима Задорожного / Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny, Arkhangelskoye, Krasnogorsky District, August 2019. The story of Ilyushin-designed ground-attack aircraft began in 1939, with the first flight of the legendary [...]

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois

by Jacek Domański in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

On 20 October 1956, the Bell Model 204 (military designation XH-40), a prototype of a new US Army helicopter that would later become known as the UH-1 Iroquois, made its maiden flight. Approximately three years later, the helicopter entered operational service with the US Army, [...]

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