The Battle of Jianqiao, also known as the 814 Aerial War, was part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the first aerial combat that was a prelude to the Second World War. On 7 July […]
During a unique multinational exercise over central France, an Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix of Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) refuelled United States Air Force and Royal Air Force […]
Flight Design CTSW (c/n 05-10-13, SP-STBO), taxiing on the runway at Świebodzice airfield, Świebodzice, July 2026. The CT (standing for “composite technology”) range of light aircraft was developed in the mid-1990s by Flight Design GmbH, […]
On 5 August 2026, Boeing announced that the company was granted a $75 million Undefinitised Contract Action (UCA) by the U.S. Air Force to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU) for the new GBU-75 […]
On 7 August 1913, Samuel Cody died in an aviation accident when his floatplane crashed near Farnborough, England. Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody and nicknamed the “Flying Cowboy”) was born on […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced that an amended type certificate (ATC) had been granted for the new Boeing 737-7 airliner, thereby clearing the aircraft for commercial service. Following its first certification flight, […]
SZD-15 Sroka (c/n: ?, SP-GSKA, formerly SP-1732 and Ла-0451) participating in the International Vintage Glider and Classic Hang Glider Rally, Witków, May 2026. The new Polish sailplane, later known as the SZD-15 Sroka (Eurasian magpie), […]
Less than a month remains until the tenth edition of Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), the biennial aviation event organised in the West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. This year, the show will […]
On 31 July 1894, a biplane developed by Hiram Maxim performed an uncontrolled flight over a distance of approximately 600 ft. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was born on 5 February 1840 in Sangerville, Maine, in […]
The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) took part in Neptune Strike 26-3, a NATO Enhanced Vigilance Activity (EVA) conducted from 17 to 23 July 2026 in the High North and North Atlantic as […]
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