Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The new Cape Verde connection will operate twice weekly, expanding travel options between the two countries and strengthening TAAG’s presence across the Portuguese-speaking world. TAAG
Switzerland’s leading airline has brought its all-new long-haul experience, with private First Class suites and a fully redesigned cabin in every class, to the Johannesburg
The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus a contract to build two further second-generation Galileo navigation satellites, building on an existing order of six. The
The two airports are signing a memorandum of understanding at Air Cargo Forum Miami to attract new freighter operations between Belgium and Brazil, with pharmaceuticals
The company’s SIOP and TACO systems have progressed through NATO interoperability exercises and U.S. Army field testing, combining drone detection with information about authorised airspace
Bell is exhibiting the air medical configuration of its Bell 429 helicopter at the Air Medical Transport Conference in its home city of Fort Worth,
The airline’s South Africa country lead points to digital convenience, personalisation and sustainability as the forces reshaping how people choose to fly. As South Africa observes Transport Month in October, Cathay Pacific said evolving traveller expectations around convenience, personalisation and
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
2016 – American Airlines Flight 383 suffered an engine failure then caught fire during takeoff in Chicago. All 170 people survived, but 21 people were injured.
2006 – Continental Airlines Flight 1883, a Boeing 757-224 with 154 people on board, mistakenly lands on a taxiway instead of a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. It rolls to a stop without incident.
1982 – The last Air France Boeing 707 service, from Tunis to Paris.
1977 – 28-30 – A Pan Am Boeing 747SP circumnavigates the world over the two poles
1974 – First flight of the Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
1972 – First flight of the Airbus A300
1962 – First flight of the Westland Wasp
1958 – Canadair C-5 of the RCAF, piloted by W/C WK Carr and crew, flew Prime Minister Diefenbaker on a round-the-world tour.
1958 – The first Sabre fives are handed over to RCAF Auxiliary squadrons, with 401 the first unit to convert.
1957 – The first production Boeing Model 707-120 jet rolls out.
1954 – First flight of the North American FJ-4 Fury
1952 – The Douglas XA3D-1 (A-3) Skywarrior makes its first flight.
1945 – First flight of the LWD Szpak
1936 – First flight of the Dornier Do 19
1936 – Tupolev TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev of the Soviet Union at the controls sets a payload-to-altitude record of 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) to 8,980 m (29,462 feet).
1927 – The Meacham Field in Key West, Florida was the location of the first air passenger international arrivals building.
1914 – Aviators in Melbourne form an Australian Aero Club.
1891 – Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot is born (d. 1920).
