On 25 October 1955, the prototype of the Saab 35 Draken, a Swedish supersonic interceptor, performed its maiden flight. Designed to counter the growing threat posed by high-altitude jet bombers and to meet the demanding […]
On 3 October 2025, the last firefighting aircraft left the pélicandrome located within Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base (base aérienne 106 – BA 106) of Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (the French Air and Space Force), […]
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, […]
Last week, Boeing officially announced that the company had been awarded an additional contract to produce eight more MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters for the United States Air Force. The deal, worth more than $173 million, […]
On 10th October 1976, the prototype of a small utility aircraft, the Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, performed its first flight. The EMB 121 was one of the aircraft belonging to the Family 12X, a series […]
Today marks the 135th anniversary of the first manned flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft, successfully performed by the French aviation pioneer Clément Ader. Although the flight was uncontrolled and reached a height of only twenty […]
On 7 October 1909, American aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss became the first pilot in the United States to receive an aviation certificate issued by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Born on 21 May 1878 in […]
At the end of September 2025, Boeing delivered the second spacecraft in Viasat´s next generation ultra-high-capacity constellation, the ViaSat-3 F2. Coupled with the Boeing 702MP+ platform, the satellite is designed to add more than 1Tbps […]
On 3rd October 1968, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle #1 (LLTV-1) performed its maiden flight at Ellington Air Force Base. The flight between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon – and back – […]
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