On 10 July 1919, the British rigid airship R.34 set out on its return journey to England. Having flown for 75 hours, it reached RNAS Pulham station on 13 July. This made the R.34 the first […]
On 24 October 1919, Frank Nicholas Piasecki, an American engineer and pioneer of rotorcraft aviation, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Piasecki, the son of Polish immigrants, began his engineering career at a young age. During […]
Frank Nicholas Piasecki, an American engineer and pioneer of rotorcraft aviation, was born on 24 October 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The son of Polish immigrants, Piasecki became interested in rotorcraft at an early age. During […]
Oskar Bider was born in 1891 in Langenbruck, Basel-Land. Although he initially planned to become a farmer and even travelled to Argentina to work as a gaucho, he soon realised that his true passion was […]
On 16th May 1919, three Curtiss NC-4 flying boats of the US Navy left Newfoundland and headed the Azores, in attempt for the first transatlantic flight of the powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. In April of 1913, […]
The idea of crossing the Atlantic by air dates back to the era of ballooning. In the late 1850s, John Wise attempted to build a balloon capable of such a journey, but his project ended […]
Charles Toussaint Védrines, commonly known as Jules Védrines, was born in December 1881 in Saint-Denis, France. His aviation career began with an apprenticeship at Société des Moteurs Gnome (the Gnome Motor Company), after which he […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 15th June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Brown successfully landed their Vickers Vimy aircraft in County Galway in Ireland, completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight in aviation history. In April of 1913, the Daily […]
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