Last week, Boeing informed about the successful maiden flight of the first AH-6 Little Bird light attack helicopter for Thailand. The event took place on 22nd August 2024 at the company´s site in Mesa, Arizona. […]
Socata TB-10 Tobago GT (c/n 2113, PH-COP), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In the mid-1970s, the French aviation company Société de construction d’avions de tourisme et d’affaires – SOCATA, developed […]
In January of 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky, the CEO of Aeroflot, the biggest Russian air carrier, announced that the company was going to buy 339 new airliners by 2030. The purchasing plan included 89 Sukhoi Superjets […]
On 4th October 1909, Wilbur Wright performed a demonstration flight in New York, flying along the Hudson River, being witnessed by a crowd of more than one million people. The flight was performed within a […]
On 24th September 2024, Sebastián Álvarez, skydiver and wingsuit flyer from Chile, has made aviation history by becoming the first person in the world to make a parachute BASE jump concluded with surfing the world’s […]
Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian (c/n NL012, Q-42 of Koninklijke Luchtmacht – the Royal Netherlands Air Force/RNLAF), static display during the 44th Sanicole International Airshow / Sanicole Sunset, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. At the end of the […]
On 20th September 2024, the first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail intended for the Royal Air Force (RAF) performed its maiden flight from Birmingham Airport, the United Kingdom. Still unpainted, the aeroplane is one of three Boeing […]
On 27th September 1909, the Short Biplane No.2 experimental aircraft performed its first flight at Shellbeach, the Isle of Sheppey. At the dawn of aviation, the British daily newspaper Daily Mail supported the pioneer aviators […]
On Friday, 27th September 2024, the era of the Dutch Vipers will officially come to its end, after forty-five years of service. The Royal Netherland Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht – RNLAF) is going to say […]
Sikorsky S-76B (c/n 760344, N280TR), dynamic performance at the 2023 World Helicopter Rally, Płock, August 2023. Development of the S-76 helicopter, began in the mid-1970s and, initially, the rotorcraft was known as S-74. However, over […]
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