On 7 October 1909, American aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss became the first pilot in the United States to receive an aviation certificate issued by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Born on 21 May 1878 in […]
On 20 October 1947, a new Czechoslovak training aircraft took to the air for the first time. Designed by Karel Tomáš at the Zlín aircraft factory in Otrokovice, the Zlín Z-26 marked the beginning of […]
Frank Nicholas Piasecki, an American engineer and pioneer of rotorcraft aviation, was born on 24 October 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The son of Polish immigrants, Piasecki became interested in rotorcraft at an early age. During […]
Georg Wulf, the German aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, was born in 1895 in Bremen. At the age of fifteen, he witnessed the first aviation trials attempted by Henrich and Wilhelm Focke. Although their canard-wing […]
Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator and famous fighter pilot, was reportedly born on 6 September 1893 in Commerce, Texas. However, neither his exact date nor place of birth is officially confirmed. Chennault himself […]
From the beginning of the World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese forces tried to scare the American public and create a feeling of being under constant threat. In February 1942, the I-17 submarine […]
Hannes Arch was born on 22 September 1967 in Leoben, Austria. From an early age, he was fascinated by sports, flying and the Alps. He began hang gliding at the age of fifteen and subsequently […]
In 1920, the British Air Ministry issued Specification 5/20 which called for a twin-engine troop-carrier biplane. Two manufacturers responded: Armstrong Whitworth with the Awana and Vickers with the Victoria. Both designs were to be powered […]
On 30 August 1914, only a month after the outbreak of the Great War, a single German Taube aircraft carried out an air raid on the French capital, dropping a few bombs and a bag […]
On 18 August 1805, Sophie Blanchard became the first woman in aviation history to pilot an aircraft solo when she successfully completed a balloon flight from Toulouse, France. Marie Madeleine Sophie Blanchard (née Armandt) was […]
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