On 6 November 1923, the Blériot-SPAD S.61, a French biplane fighter aircraft, performed its maiden flight. In 1923, the French aviation company Blériot Aéronautique developed a new biplane fighter, intended to replace the obsolete Nieuport-Delage […]
On 7 October 2026, the Falcon 8X ARCHANGE (Archangel) made its first landing at Évreux Air Base (BA 105) in France. Developed to strengthen the intelligence-gathering capabilities of Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (the […]
Bombardier Global Express (c/n 9060, D-AUWE), taxiing at Munich Airport (Franz Josef Strauss Airport), October 2018. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bombardier Aviation – an aviation division of the Canadian corporation Bombardier Inc. […]
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 […]
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