SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Louis Blériot

On 1st July 1872, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, the famous French aviation pioneer, was born in Cambrai, France. From his early years, Blériot was interested in engineering, being especially excellent in technical drawings. In 1892, […]

SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Jacob Ellehammer

Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer was born in 1871, in Bakkebølle, Denmark. He trained as a watchmaker, then served with the Royal Danish Navy and later moved to Copenhagen, where he worked as a mechanic. In 1898, […]

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Valentina Tereshkova

On 16th June 1963, Vostok 6 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, with just one cosmonaut on board – Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валентина Владимировна Терешкова) was […]