On 21st March 1971, the new British multi-purpose helicopter, designated Westland Lynx, performed its first flight. Development process focused on creation of the new British rotorcraft, named WG.13 and intended for both civil and military […]
Hawker Hurricane Mk II (c/n 41H/469290, LF363, the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), static display at 21st Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, Pardubice, May 2011. The Hawker Hurricane was the first, […]
Peregrine is a Royal Navy (RN) variant of the three-metres-long (10 ft) civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) rotorcraft S-100 Camcopter, made by Schiebel company from Austria. The RN-specific variant is equipped with the tailored UK […]
On 21st February 1951, an English Electric Canberra B.2 bomber aircraft performed the flight from Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland. It was the first non-stop, non-refuelled transatlantic flight by a jet aircraft, as […]
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 […]
The Handley Page Halifax was a heavy bomber with twin vertical stabilisers, developed in response to Specification P.13/36 issued by the British Air Ministry in 1936. This document outlined the need for a medium-sized, high-performance […]
On 8th November 1942, with the beginning of Operation Torch in Africa, the anti-gravity suit developed by a Canadian scientist W.R. Franks, was for the first time used in combat. Wilbur Rounding Franks was born […]
Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane […]
On 11th October 1956, a Valiant B.1 bomber of No. 49 Squadron of the Royal Air Force became the first British aircraft to drop a live atomic bomb, within the Kite test, being a part […]
On 20th September 2024, the first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail intended for the Royal Air Force (RAF) performed its maiden flight from Birmingham Airport, the United Kingdom. Still unpainted, the aeroplane is one of three Boeing […]
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