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14 June 1919 – Alcock and Brown begins their transatlantic flight

13 June 2024 Jacek Domański

On 14th June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Brown took-off from St. John´s airfield on Newfoundland in their attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The two British aviators flew a modified Vickers Vimy F.B.27A Mk […]

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7 June 1919 – Raymonde de Laroche sets a women’s altitude record

6 June 2024 Jacek Domański

On 7th June 1919, the French aviation pioneer Raymonde de Laroche set a women´s world altitude record, flying in her Caudron G.3 to altitude of nearly 13,000 feet (3,962 m). Élisa Léontine Deroche, as that […]

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17 May 1912 – Alexandru Șerbănescu, Romanian fighter ace, is born

16 May 2024 Jacek Domański

On 17th May 1912, Alexandru Șerbănescu (nicknamed Alecu), Romanian pilot and the fighter ace of the World War II, was born in Colonești, Romania. Alexandru Șerbănescu began his military career in the late 1920s, when […]

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19 January 1919 – Jules Védrines lands on the roof of Galeries Lafayette

18 January 2024 Jacek Domański

On 19th January 1919, French aviation pioneer Jules Védrines landed with his Caudron G.3 aircraft on the roof of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris. Jules Charles Toussaint Védrines was born in December of 1881 […]

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7 July 1919 – death of Oskar Bider, Swiss aviation pioneer

6 July 2023 Jacek Domański

On 7th July 1919, Oskar Bider, the famous Swiss aviation pioneer, died crashing his Nieuport 21 during an aerobatic performance in Dübendorf. Oskar Bider was born in 1891, in Langenbruck, Basel-Land. From his early years, […]

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10 December 1919 – the first flight from England to Australia

9 December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 10th December 1919, a modified Vickers Vimy heavy bomber with a crew of Keith Macpherson Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith, W.H. Shiers and J.M. Bennet, successfully landed at Darwin, completing the 17,911 kilometres journey from […]

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10 July 1919 – Jean Marie Dominique Navarre

10 July 2020 Jacek Domański

The death of WWI flying ace, Jean Marie Dominique Navarre, killed in his aeroplane while practicing for a flight through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. If you´re curious about the reason why Navarre wanted […]

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