Dornier Do 24 ATT (c/n 5345, D-CIDO, formerly RP-C2403 and D-CADT), exhibited at the static display during the spotter day organised on the eve of the 100th Anniversary of German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), Nordholz, August […]
The Battle of Jianqiao, also known as the 814 Aerial War, was part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the first aerial combat that was a prelude to the Second World War. On 7 July […]
On 3 July 1937, the prototype of the German flying boat, the Dornier Do 24, successfully performed its maiden flight. In August 1934, Reichsluftfahrtministerium (the German Reich Ministry of Aviation – RLM) issued a requirement […]
On 19 June 1937, the Airspeed Oxford, a British twin-engine training and transport aircraft, performed its first flight. The aeroplane was developed by Airspeed, following the British Air Ministry Specification T.23/36, and based on the […]
On 17 April 1934, the prototype of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber performed its maiden flight, with test pilot Chris Staniland at the controls. In 1933, the Fairey Aviation Company initiated the development of a […]
On 6 March 1936, Avro Anson, a new British twin-engine military aircraft, entered operational service with No. 48 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. The Anson was developed in the mid-1930s, in response to the […]
Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (c/n unknown; a replica built using original parts from an unknown number of wrecks), on display at Парк Победы (Victory Park) WWII memorial in Moscow, July 2017. The Ki-43 fighter aircraft was […]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel (c/n 76-142?, HB-TRY, formerly 42-99186 of the USAAF and A-96 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018 air show, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1939, Stinson Aircraft Company introduced […]
On 28 November 1938, the first prototype of the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor (also known as Kurier) transport aircraft began its record flight from Berlin to Tokyo. The journey, which included stops in Basra, Karachi […]
Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator and famous fighter pilot, was reportedly born on 6 September 1893 in Commerce, Texas. However, neither his exact date nor place of birth is officially confirmed. Chennault himself […]
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