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9 January 1793 – the first balloon flight in the Americas

8 January 2026 Jacek Domański

On 9 January 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard performed the first balloon flight in the Americas, taking off from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and landing in Deptford Township, New Jersey. Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French inventor, aviation pioneer, and the […]

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Heritage and modern capability – Tag der Bundeswehr 2025 at Internationales Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum in Bückeburg.

7 January 2026 Jacek Domański

Last year’s edition of Tag der Bundeswehr, the annual open day of the German Armed Forces, took place on 28 June 2025 at ten different military facilities across the country. As tradition dictates, the event […]

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Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair

6 January 2026 Jacek Domański

Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair (c/n T206-08172, OK-MCP), static display at the 30th edition of the Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, Pardubice, May 2022. In 1957, the Cessna Aircraft Company introduced to the market its […]

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Saab signs GlobalEye AEW&C Contract with France

5 January 2026 Kacper Kolibowski

On 30 December 2025, Saab announced that it had signed a contract with Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA — the French General Directorate of Armaments) for the purchase of two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and […]

AVIATION HISTORY

2 January 1880 – Louis Breguet is born

1 January 2026 Jacek Domański

On 2 January 1880, Louis Charles Breguet, a French aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, was born in Paris. Louis Breguet the grandson of Louis Clément François Breguet and the great-great-grandson of Abraham-Louis Breguet, two renowned […]

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  • Gripen F successfully completes its first flight 
    9 September 2026
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    2 September 2026
  • PEGASE 26 – France heads for the Arctic and Indo-Pacific
    31 August 2026

Aviation Events

  • Šumperk airfield marks 80 years with a special air show
    7 September 2026
  • Letecký den Cheb returns for its tenth edition
    3 August 2026
  • 70th anniversary of the Náměšť air base – open day at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base
    17 June 2026

Space

  • ESA to send first Czech astronaut to the ISS on private Vast mission
    15 June 2026
  • UK astronaut John McFall moves closer to historic space mission
    9 June 2026
  • VORTEX-S – Europe’s bid for a reusable orbital spaceplane
    13 May 2026

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Civil Aviation

  • Boeing 737-7 is finally approved for commercial service
    5 August 2026
  • Boeing forecasts 44,000 new airliners over the next 20 years
    22 July 2026
  • Air Canada welcomes its first Airbus A321XLR airliner
    29 April 2026

Aviation History

  • 11 September 1911 – Robert G. Fowler begins the flight across the United States
    10 September 2026
  • 4 September 1950 – the first helicopter CSAR mission
    3 September 2026
  • 28 August 1910 – Armand Dufaux flies over Lake Geneva
    27 August 2026

Other

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    24 August 2026
  • Heart Aerospace X1 completes its first flight  
    19 August 2026
  • The world-first wingsuit formation flight over Mont Blanc
    5 July 2026
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