Embraer has signed separate agreements with Lufthansa Group carriers Air Dolomiti and Austrian Airlines to provide component support for their E-Jet fleets under the manufacturer´s Pool Program. Announced on 28 October 2026, the contracts cover […]
On 30 October 1909, John Moore-Brabazon successfully completed the first one-mile closed-circuit flight in the United Kingdom, winning the Daily Mail prize. John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, the 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, was an English […]
On 20 October 2026, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified the Boeing 737-10, the largest member of the 737 MAX family. The approval clears the way for Boeing to begin delivering the aircraft in […]
Tipsy Trainer 1 (c/n 10, G-AFRV), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. Ernest Oscar Tips, born on 2 October 1893 in Tielrode, was a Belgian aircraft […]
On 19 October 2026, Lufthansa operated its final scheduled Airbus A340-600 passenger flight, LH419, from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt Airport. The landing marked the end of nearly 23 years of the type’s service […]
On 23 October 1911, the Italian aviator Captain Carlo Piazza performed a reconnaissance flight over Libya. This marked the first use of a heavier-than-air aircraft in combat, as well as the first reconnaissance flight conducted […]
Airbus and the American company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have announced the successful completion of the first European test flight of the U740 Valkyrie Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA). The flight marked another […]
Ilyushin Il-102 / Ил-102 (c/n 102010303010), stored at the Музей Техники Вадима Задорожного / Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny, Arkhangelskoye, Krasnogorsky District, August 2019. The story of Ilyushin-designed ground-attack aircraft began in 1939, with the […]
Wing Commander Jon Bond, one of the most experienced display pilots in the history of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, has completed his final season with the Red Arrows. His departure marks the end […]
On 16 October 1937, the Fokker T.V, a Dutch twin-engine bomber-hunter, made its maiden flight from Schiphol airfield. In 1921, Giulio Douhet, an Italian general and air power theorist, published his principal work, Il dominio […]
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