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20 June 1914 – Fischamend mid-air collision / Körting disaster

19 June 2025 Jacek Domański

On 20th June 1914, two Austro-Hungarian aircraft, M.III Körting airship and Farman F.20 biplane, collided in mid-air near Fischamend, Lower Austria. As a result of the accident, both aircraft were destroyed and none of their […]

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30 August 1914 – German aircraft drops first bombs on Paris

29 August 2024 Jacek Domański

On 30th August 1914, only a month after the outbreak of the Great War, a single German Taube aircraft performed an air raid on the French capital, dropping a few bombs and a bag of […]

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16 September 1914 – Canadian Aviation Corps was established

16 September 2022 Jacek Domański

On 16th September, Colonel Sir Samuel Hughes, the Minister of Militia and Defence, approved the establishment of the Canadian Aviation Corps (CAC). Creating the CAC was the very first attempt to build the Canadian air […]

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22 July 1914 – first operational naval flight in Europe

22 July 2022 Jacek Domański

On 22nd July 1914 (or 23rd July, according to some sources), three Austro-Hungarian type E flying boats performed reconnaissance flight near the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. It was the first operational use of naval aviation […]

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12 February 1914 – ´Ilya Muromets´ performed a demonstration flight

12 February 2021 Jacek Domański

The second prototype of ´Ilya Muromets´ performed a demonstration flight with 16 passengers, setting a new world record for number of passengers carried. Although Igor Sikorsky is usually associated with helicopter industry and known as […]

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