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 23rd August 1878, the first British military aircraft, the Pioneer, performed its maiden flight at Woolwich Arsenal. The first British military balloon trials are as old as 1862. That year, Lieutenant George Grover proposed […]
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