On 8 May 1927, Charles Nungesser and François Coli began their transatlantic flight attempt, flying the Levasseur PL.8. In April 1913, the Daily Mail officially launched a transatlantic flight competition. The editorial office offered a […]
On 6 February 1916, the Russian naval aviation carried out an airstrike on the Turkish port of Zonguldak and sank the German cargo vessel SS Irmingard, the largest ship to be sunk by an air […]
Knoller C.II (c/n 119.15, formerly in service with Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen / the Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops), on display at the National Technical Museum in Prague, April 2025. The outbreak of the Great War led […]
Anatra Anasal (c/n 010.91?, formerly “11120” of Letecký sbor Československé armády / Aviation Corps of the Czechoslovak Army), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In 1911, Russian aviation pioneer Артур Антонович Анатра […]
Národní technické muzeum (the National Technical Museum (NTM), the largest institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, houses an extensive collection of technical artefacts. As of 2023, the museum’s collection comprised around eighty thousand […]
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 […]
The origins of Austro-Hungarian naval aviation can be traced back to 1910, when the naval department of k.u.k. Kriegsministerium (the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War) began to consider the military potential of aircraft. By […]
On 6th June 1917, the first wheeled torpedo-carrying aircraft in the world, Sopwith Cuckoo biplane, was officially approved for test flight. Shortly after, the aeroplane performed its maiden flight, although the exact date is unknown. […]
LWF model V (c/n – , ´4´ of the Czechoslovak Legion), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In December of 1915, Edward Lowe Jr., Charles F. Willard, and Robert G. Fowler founded […]
On 9th May 1888, Count Francesco Baracca, the best Italian air ace of the Great War, was born. Francesco Luigi Giuseppe Baracca was born in Lugo (commonly referred to as Lugo di Romagna or Lugo […]
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