On 5 June 1909, the first official national balloon championship in the United States, the National Balloon Race, took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The first official balloon race in the United States was organised […]
The Swedish company Saab and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) from the USA have successfully completed the maiden flight of the world’s first unmanned Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft. This significant milestone was achieved […]
Comco Ikarus C42 B (c/n 0806-6983, YR-5152, Aeroclubul României), used as a glider tug during the 2012 edition of the Bucharest International Air Show, Bucharest, July 2012. The Ikarus C42 general aviation ultralight aeroplane was […]
This year’s edition of Den ve vzduchu (Day in the Air), the biggest aviation event in the West Bohemia region, took place on 25–26 April 2026 at its regular venue, the Plasy airfield. The show […]
On 29 May 1951, Charles F. Blair Jr. flew over the North Pole in a P-51C Mustang fighter aircraft. He bought the P-51C Mustang in 1950 and named it “Excalibur III”. The aircraft had already […]
According to the recent update from the NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), the NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) reached an important milestone on 21 May 2026 with the arrival of the RQ-4D Phoenix […]
Boeing 757-200 (c/n 29309-936, G-ZAPX of Titan Airways), taxiing at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich Airport, October 2018. In the mid-1970s, Boeing began working on a successor to the company’s best-selling narrow-body airliner, the 727. […]
On 15 May 2026, the US Air Force (USAF) announced that the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk programme had successfully reached Milestone C, allowing the aircraft to enter the low-rate initial production phase. The decision marks […]
On 22 May 1946, prototype of the DHC-1 Chipmunk training aircraft successfully performed its maiden flight. The DHC-1 Chipmunk was the first post-war aircraft designed by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. Developed shortly after […]
Project NYX is the British Army’s concept demonstrator programme, launched in November 2025 by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in cooperatioon with UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) as the delivery agent. The initiative aims to […]
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