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VFW 614

VFW 614 (c/n G18, D-AXDB, formerly 17+02 of Luftwaffe / the German Air Force), exhibited at the Aeronauticum Nordholz aviation museum, June 2019. The VFW 614 (also known as the VFW-Fokker 614) was a twin-engine […]

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Aeroplane No. 1

On 2nd August 1909, the first example of the Wright Military Flyer was delivered to the US Army Signal Corps. Officially designated Signal Corps No. 1, and commonly known as Aeroplane No. 1, the Wrights’ […]

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Raymonde de Laroche

Raymonde de Laroche, born Élisa Léontine Deroche, was the French aviation pioneer and the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft, the first female pilot to perform a solo flight, as well as […]