On 7th September 1920, on their way from Italy to Finland, two crews of the Finnish Air Force made an attempt to fly across the Alps in Savoia S.9 flying boats. Regrettably, they never reached […]
On 27th December 1773, Sir George Cayley, the 6th holder of the Cayley Baronetcy and ´the father of aviation´, was born in Scarborough, England. From his early years, Cayley was fascinated by engineering, including the […]
227 years ago, on 22nd October 1797, the French aviation pioneer, André-Jacques Garnerin, performed the first successful parachute descent, using the frameless parachute he invented. André-Jacques Garnerin was born on 30th January 1769, in Paris. […]
On 18th October 1909, Charles de Lambert, flying Wright Model A aeroplane, became the first person to circle the Eiffel Tower with an aircraft. Charles Alexandre Maurice Joseph Marie Jules Stanislas Jacques Count de Lambert […]
On 4th October 1909, Wilbur Wright performed a demonstration flight in New York, flying along the Hudson River, being witnessed by a crowd of more than one million people. The flight was performed within a […]
On 27th September 1909, the Short Biplane No.2 experimental aircraft performed its first flight at Shellbeach, the Isle of Sheppey. At the dawn of aviation, the British daily newspaper Daily Mail supported the pioneer aviators […]
On 20th September 1857, Félix du Temple performed a successful flight of his unmanned, steam-powered aircraft. Félix du Temple de la Croix was born on 18th July 1823, into an ancient Norman family. In 1838, […]
On 23rd August 1878, the first British military aircraft, the Pioneer, performed its maiden flight at Woolwich Arsenal. The first British military balloon trials are as old as 1862. That year, Lieutenant George Grover proposed […]
On 9th August 1884, Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs performed the first fully controlled free flight with La France, a non-rigid airship they developed for the French Army. Charles Renard, born 1847 in Damblain, […]
On 2nd August 1909, the first example of 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´ aircraft […]
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