On 12th April 1911, French aviation pioneer Pierre Prier, achieved new aviation milestone by opening direct air link between London and Paris, the two European capital cities. Pierre Prier was born on 26th December 1886 […]
On 8th February, the Aviation Fair Squadron (Letka Aviatické pouti) acquired its fourth aeroplane, a replica of the Blériot XI monoplane from the pioneer years of aviation. The aircraft is being based, just like the […]
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, […]
On 23rd September 1910, Jorge Chávez took-off from Brig in Switzerland and flown through the Pennine Alps to Italy. However, his aircraft crashed during the landing, heavily injuring the pilot. Jorge Chávez Dartnell (aka Geo […]
The first passenger flight with two passengers performed by an aeroplane. The mentioned aircraft was Blériot XII, designed and built by the famous French aviation pioneer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot. He flew this new aeroplane […]
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