On 10th November 1907, French aviation pioneer Henri Farman, flew a distance of 1,030 metres with Voisin-made biplane. The flight lasted 1 minute and 14 seconds, thus Farman became the first European to stay in […]
On 2nd October 2023, a solemn handover ceremony of the first Dassault Rafale multirole fighter to Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF) took place at Mont-de-Marsan air […]
Dornier Do 228NXT (c/n 8181, D-CNXT of General Atomics AeroTec Systems), static display during Belgian Air Force Days, Kleine-Brogel, September 2023. In May of 2023, we have presented the story of development of Dornier Do […]
On 3rd November 1915, Flt. Lt. H.F. Towler RNAS, took-off in a Bristol Scout C biplane from the deck of HMS Vindex. It was the first taking-off of a wheeled undercarriage aircraft from a ship […]
In the beginning of November 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War in the Northern Africa, Italian lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades from his Taube aeroplane on Turkish positions at Ain Zara and Tagiura oasis. That […]
Boeing 737-8Z6 (Boeing Business Jet 737-800, c/n 35478, HS-MVS of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn), taxiing on apron of Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2018 On 9th April 1967, prototype of Boeing 737 narrow-body […]
During the Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, held in the middle of October 2023 by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Boeing company revealed its new premium interiors for Boeing […]
On 27th October 1988, prototype of ATR 72 regional airliner performed its maiden flight. Exactly one year later, on 27th October 1989, the aircraft began its operational service with Finnair airline. The idea of ATR […]
In the beginning of October, Boeing informed about the successful maiden flight of the newest version of well-known Apache attack helicopter. The latest variant of the AH-64E, designated Version 6.5 (or just V6.5), includes several […]
On 20th October 1956, prototype of Bell Model 204 rotorcraft (also known by its military designation XH-40) performed its maiden flight. Approximately three years later, the helicopter entered operational service with the US Army and […]
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