On 14th March 1927, Pan American Airways, Incorporated was founded to provide US mail service to Cuba. Within a few decades, the company became the largest international air carrier in the world, as well as […]
On 7th March 1932, the new version of Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft, powered by three BMW 132 radial engines, made its first flight. The Junkers Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just […]
On 28th February 1959, prototype of Alouette III (English: lark) rotorcraft performed its maiden flight. The helicopter was developed from an earlier design, created in the early 1950s by Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du […]
On 21st February 1951, an English Electric Canberra B.2 bomber aircraft performed the flight from Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland. It was the first non-stop, non-refuelled transatlantic flight by a jet aircraft, as […]
On 14th February 1943, the American forces carried out an air raid on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, which – due to heavy loses – was later commonly known as the ´St. Valentine´s Day Massacre´. […]
On 7th February 1906, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов), the world-known aviation engineer, aviation designer and the founder of the Antonov construction bureau (OKB-153), was born in Troitsa village, in the Moscow region of […]
At the end of January 1769, the French aviation pioneer, balloonist and inventor of the frameless parachute, André-Jacques Garnerin, was born. The exact date of his birth varies, depending on the source. Although it seems […]
On 24th January 1961, a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, dropping two Mark 39 nuclear bombs it carried. On that day in January of 1961, the B-52G Stratofortress 58-0187 of […]
On 17th January 1847, a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, as well as founding father of aerodynamics, was born. Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated Joukovsky) was born in Orekhovo village, in the […]
On 10th January 1935, the French six engine, double deck long-range flying boat Latécoère 521, performed its first flight. The Latécoère 521 was one of many seaplanes designed and built by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, the French […]
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