´U-2 incident´ Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk. If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of […]
Howard Hughes and Jack Frye set a west-to-east US transcontinental record, flying from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in 6 hours and 58 minutes. Howard Hughes, a legendary entrepreneur, millionaire and aviator, was also the […]
Maiden flight of EWR VJ 101, a German experimental VTOL jet fighter. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of jet-powered VTOL aeroplane has spread around the world. Several nations with developed […]
Maiden flight of Eurofighter Typhoon. In 1989, the consortium created by four nations – Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and Italy – began the construction of the 4th generation European air superiority fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon […]
Between 1st and 21st March 1999, the first in history, successful non-stop balloon flight around the world was performed. On 1st March 1999, balloonists – Swiss Bertrand Piccard (pilot) and English Brian Jones (co-pilot) set […]
It´s Friday, the 13th – the date considered an unlucky day in the Western culture, following the old superstition born someday back in the Middle Ages. This unsubstantiated fear is so strong, that it even […]
Today we´re saying happy birthday to the Finnish Air Force! On 6th March 1918, the Thulin type D reconnaissance airplane arrived to Vaasa, Finland; becoming the first aircraft of Finnish military aviation. This date is […]
Supermarine Spitfire, a true legend of aviation and one of the most iconic aircraft in history, made its first flight. The history of this legendary aeroplane has begun in 1931, when the British Air Ministry […]
´Goodbye, Farewell and Amen´, the final episode of M*A*S*H television series was aired, attracting 125 million viewers. This television show was introduced in 1972, as the spin-off series of M*A*S*H movie from 1970. Certainly, many […]
Luna-20 soft landed on the Moon Луна-20 (´Moon-20´) was one of eight in general, and the second of three unmanned space probes successfully sent to the Moon, with the task to bring a lunar ground […]
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