On 17th February 1864, in Vauxhall (London), Hilda Beatrice Hewlett, the British aviation pioneer and entrepreneur, was born. Hilda´s father, G. W. Herbert, was a vicar of Church of England and she had eight siblings. […]
On 3rd February 1859, a well-known German aviation engineer and aircraft pioneer, Heinrich Hugo Junkers, was born in Rheydt, a borough of Mönchengladbach city. Hugo was the third of seven children of Heinrich and Louise […]
On 12th November this year, the world of aviation was struck by the news that Franklin Davis Robinson, originator of one of the most popular and successful families of helicopters in the world, had sadly […]
On 4th November 1909, John Moore-Brabazon made a flight with a pig placed in a wastepaper basket attached to his aeroplane, to prove that ´pigs can fly´. ´When pigs fly´ is a common phrase in […]
On 7th October 1909, American aviation pioneer, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, became the first pilot in the country to hold the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) aviation certificate. Glenn Curtiss was born on 21st May 1878, in […]
On 23rd September 1910, Jorge Chávez took-off from Brig in Switzerland and flown through the Pennine Alps to Italy. However, his aircraft crashed during the landing, heavily injuring the pilot. Jorge Chávez Dartnell (aka Geo […]
On 1st July 1872, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, the famous French aviation pioneer, is born in Cambrai, France. Louis Blériot, the legendary aviator, is not only one of iconic entrepreneurs and inventors of the early […]
On 17th June 1910, Vlaicu I, an aircraft built by Aurel Vlaicu, performed its maiden flight near Cotroceni Hill (Dealul Cotroceni) in Bucharest. It was the very first flight of a powered aeroplane in Romania […]
On 13th May 1930, Jean Mermoz, French aviation pioneer, opened the south transatlantic postal line, from Saint-Louis in Senegal to Natal, Brazil, flying in Latécoère 28 floatplane. Jean Mermoz was born on 9th December 1901 […]
In March of this year, it will be 109 years since the death of Mihajlo Petrović, the first Serbian pilot, one of the first Serbian military aviators, as well as one of the first pilots […]
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