On 26th July 2024, three German Eurofighter EF-2000 aircraft performed the record-breaking non-stop flight from Japan to Hawaii Island, staying in the air for over ten and a half hours. Information about the record flight […]
On 2nd August 1909, the first example of the Wright Military Flyer was delivered to the US Army Signal Corps. Officially designated Signal Corps No. 1, and commonly known as Aeroplane No. 1, the Wrights’ […]
Westland Super Lynx Mk 88A (c/n 422, ´83+02´ of Marineflieger / the German Naval Aviation) performing a flying display during second spotter day at NATO Tiger Meet 2024, Schleswig/Jagel, June 2024. The Super Lynx Mk […]
On 16th July 2024, the 910th Airlift Wing, an United States Air Force reserve unit being stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter. The event marked beginning of […]
On 26th July 1954, two Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft of the US Navy shot down two Lavochkin La-7 fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in the aftermath of the first Hainan […]
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry – an aviator that needs no introduction. Who has not heard about ´The Little Prince´ and the author of this book? However, that book was just one among […]
In the middle of July 2024, some of the US Navy squadrons concluded the several-month-long deployment to the region known as Horn of Africa region and returned to their home bases. Among them there were […]
Sukhoi Su-22M4, NATO reporting name ´Fitter K´ (c/n 31406, formerly ´798´ of Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee / the Air Forces of the National People’s Army and then 25+44 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited at Museum auf […]
On 19th July 1909, the French aviation pioneer Hubert Latham, made the first attempt to cross the English Channel in heavier-than-air aircraft. Arthur Charles Hubert Latham was born on 10th January 1883, in Paris, France. […]
On 8th July 2011, the STS-135 space mission was launched. It was the final flight into space for Atlantis spacecraft, as well as the beginning of the last mission within the NASA Space Shuttle programme. […]
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