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11 July 1891 – Joseph Sadi-Lecointe is born

10 July 2025 Jacek Domański

On 11th July 1891, the French aviation pioneer and test pilot Joseph Sadi-Lecointe, was born in Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle, Somme department in France. In his early years, Sadi-Lecointe worked as mechanic in one of aviation factories near […]

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More than three years in space – Oleg Kononenko and his spaceflight record

30 June 2025 Jacek Domański

At the end of June, Oleg Kononenko celebrated his 61st birthday. And this creates a perfect opportunity to mention the Russian cosmonaut and milestones in space exploration he achieved, breaking several records of most time […]

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Sebastián Álvarez breaks three major world records with single wingsuit flight

9 April 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On the penultimate weekend of March, wingsuit pilot Sebastián ‘Ardilla’ Álvarez broke three world records by a considerable margin as part of the Red Bull Starman mission. With his most recent stunt, the Chilean athlete […]

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Record flight of the German Eurofighters

31 July 2024 Jacek Domański

On 26th July 2024, three German Eurofighter EF-2000 aircraft performed the record-breaking non-stop flight from Japan to Hawaii Island, staying in the air for over ten and a half hours. Information about the record flight […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

14 June 1919 – Alcock and Brown begins their transatlantic flight

13 June 2024 Jacek Domański

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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY

7 June 1919 – Raymonde de Laroche sets a women’s altitude record

6 June 2024 Jacek Domański

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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon

10 April 2024 Jacek Domański

Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon, used during their record flight dated 27th May 1931, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2023. Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

22 March 1989 – An-225 Mriya sets 110 aviation records in a single flight

21 March 2024 Jacek Domański

On 22nd March 1989, Antonov An-225 Mriya performed a test-flight with 156,3 tons of cargo on board. During the flight that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes, the aeroplane set 110 aviation records in speed, […]

SPACE

New spaceflight record – more than 880 days in space

9 February 2024 Jacek Domański

On 4th February 2024, another milestone is space exploration was achieved. That very day, cosmonaut Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко), onboard of the International Space Station (ISS) broke the cumulative most-in-space record of 878.480 […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Forgotten pioneers – German flight endurance records of 1914

26 November 2023 Jacek Domański

During the year 1914, German aviation pioneers set several flight endurance world records, successively increasing the time they spent in the air, without refuelling. Although the last record in that series remained unbroken for more […]

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