Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The air charter specialist becomes part of the business network for international motorsport, deepening its ties with Formula 1, NASCAR and MotoGP teams that run
The deal brings passenger processing, baggage and airport operations technology under SITA’s roof, with closing expected in the first half of 2027. SITA has agreed
The new application gives public safety agencies and enterprise drone programmes a shared view of nearby UAS activity without requiring any change to existing aircraft
Bell Textron reports progress on its MV-75 Cheyenne test aircraft build in Fort Worth, Texas, as the programme moves toward flight testing. Bell Textron Inc.,
German IRIS-T SLM and Swedish Patriot systems were networked through Airbus’s SAMOC command post during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Crete, in a step
The defence technology company is building out airport facilities for unmanned aircraft assembly, maintenance and flight operations at a site with a long history of
As more-electric aircraft add avionics, sensors and power electronics, engineers are rethinking cooling as a design decision rather than an afterthought, Honeywell says. Every electrical system added to an aircraft increases the heat that must be managed, and Honeywell Aerospace
An Air New Zealand DHC-8 Q300 descended to 1,022 feet above ground approaching Timaru at night in June 2023 before the crew recovered and landed safely; the Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s final report also found shortcomings in the regulator’s own
Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record
2012 – Towed through the streets of Los Angeles, California, the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour completes a 12-mile (19 km) journey from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center for museum display. Endeavour had left the airport on 12 October, and numerous logistical problems along the route cause it to arrive at the science center 17 hours late.[1]
2007 – Airbus delivers its first A380 superjumbo jet, to Singapore Airlines.
2003 – China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
2003 – Yang Liwei becomes the People’s Republic of China‘s first man in space.
2001 – NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Io.
1988 – First flight of the MBB Bo 108 D-HBOX
1985 – First flight of the Fairchild T-46
1952 – First flight of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto (knife-like shape). The X-3 was built to test the effects of high temperatures induced by high speeds on an aircraft.
1938 – First flight of the Bristol Beaufort
1937 – First flight of the Boeing XB-15
1936 – First flight of the Nakajima Ki-27 (Allied reporting names “Nate” and “Abdul”)
1933 – The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is started for the first time.
1932 – Tata Sons opens an airmail route between Karachi and Madras, the first regular air service within India.
1928 – The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
1927 – Dieudonné Costes and Joseph Le Brix land in Brazil becoming the first persons to fly non-stop across the South Atlantic. The 2100-mile flight takes just over 18 hours.
1925 – A de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird is successfully launched from the British airship R.33.
1923 – First British motor glider competition is flown, at Lympne Aerodrome, Kent.
1920 – The first commercial passenger flight into the Canadian north was made this date between Winnipeg and The Pas, Manitoba.
1917 – First flight of the Alcock Scout
1915 – Orville Wright sells the Wright Company to a group of New York investors. The Wright Company was founded in 1909 by Orville and his late brother Wilbur Wright.
1913 – Lieutenant Ronin makes the first official airmail flight in France.
1909 – (15-23) Britain’s first Aviation Meeting held at Doncaster Racecourse.
1884 – Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator, was born (d. 1910). Hoxsey was amongst one of the first Wright pilots to fly the Wrights’ new Model B aircraft after having been trained by Orville on the model A-B which was a transitional aircraft.
1783, Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes rise into the air in a Montgolfière tethered to the ground in Paris. de Rozier becomes the first human passenger in a hot-air balloon, rising 26 m (84 ft).
