Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
SpaceX has announced plans for Starship’s first human interplanetary mission, including a Mars fly-by and future circumlunar commercial flight. MISSION TO INCLUDE MARS FLY-BY AND
Eve Air Mobility has completed hover and low-speed flight testing of its eVTOL prototype, advancing the programme toward transition flight testing later in 2026. Eve
Embraer and Hellenic Aerospace Industry have signed an agreement to develop future C-390 Millennium maintenance and support capabilities in Greece. STRATEGIC AGREEMENT SUPPORTS FUTURE HELLENIC AIR FORCE C-390 CAPABILITY Embraer and Hellenic Aerospace Industry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening strategic cooperation
The United States has introduced mandatory Ebola screening measures at Washington Dulles Airport for travellers arriving from three central African countries. NEW ENTRY MEASURES TARGET TRAVELLERS FROM THREE AFRICAN COUNTRIES The United States government has introduced new entry requirements mandating enhanced Ebola screening for travellers arriving
AutoFlight has completed the first ton-class eVTOL demonstration flight in Central Asia, supporting Kazakhstan’s emerging urban air mobility sector. KAZAKHSTAN ADVANCES URBAN AIR MOBILITY DEVELOPMENT WITH ALATAU CITY PROJECT AutoFlight has completed what it describes as the first ton-class eVTOL demonstration flight in Central Asia, conducted
Berjaya Air has taken delivery of the world’s first ATR 72-600 featuring ATR’s new HighLine all-business class cabin configuration. ATR 72-600 INTRODUCES PREMIUM REGIONAL CONFIGURATION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC OPERATIONS Berjaya Air has taken delivery of what is described as the world’s first ATR 72-600 configured with ATR’s
The Aerolite Spitfire Type 433 has made its public debut in Cornwall, combining modern composite technology with the design heritage of the iconic WWII fighter
Indonesia has taken delivery of Rafale fighters, Airbus A400M transport aircraft, and Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft as part of its ongoing military modernisation programme. Government
inter airport Europe will relocate to Milan and relaunch as inter airport Global in 2027, introducing new operational and ground support equipment demonstration platforms. inter
2010 – Iraqi Airways ceases operations.
2010 – Air India Express Flight 812, operated by Boeing 737–800 VT-AXV crashed at Mangalore International Airport with the loss of 162 lives.
2002 – First flight of the Boeing X-45
1990 – The German Luftwaffe flies the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter for the last time before it is withdrawn from service; the airplane was nicknamed “the widow-maker” because of its terrible safety record – In its years of service, 110 Starfighter pilots were killed.
1986 – US Navy Grumman A-6E Intruder, BuNo 162181, c/n I-674, of VA-65, bound for the USS John F. Kennedy at Puerto Rico, crashes on take-off from NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, at 1105 hrs., killing two crew and one motorist on Oceana Boulevard
1984 – ULockheed U-2R, 68-10333, Article 055, fifth airframe of first R-model order, first flight 8 May 1968, registered N812X; delivered to the CIA, 28 May 1968. To 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing mid-1974. To 9th SRW in 1976. Damaged at Akrotiri, Cyprus, 24 April 1980 – repaired. Crashes this date at Osan Air Base, South Korea, pilot Capt. David Bonsi survives. Aircraft suffers tailpipe failure on climb-out at ~3,000 feet forcing an ejection. This was the first of three such tailpipe-related crashes.
1976 – NASA launches space vehicle S-179
1970 – A USAF Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star of the 1st Composite Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland, crashes just short of the north runway on approach to that base.
1969 – Thomas P. Stafford & Eugene Cernan pilot the Apollo 10 lunar module to within 15 kms above the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing, which took place in July 1969.
1962 – Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes the X-15 to an altitude of 30 600 m.
1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, breaks up in mid-air near Unionville, Missouri after a passenger’s bomb exploded in the lavatory; all 45 people on board are killed.
1961 – (22 or 24) To celebrate the 50th anniversary of naval aviation in the United States, five United States Navy McDonnell F4 H-1 F Phantom II fighters fly across the United States in less than three hours in Operation LANA. The fastest, flown by Lieutenants Richard F. Gordon, Jr., (pilot) and Bobbie Long (radar intercept officer), sets a new record for a transcontinental flight across the United States, flying from Ontario, California, to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City in 2 hours 47 min at an average speed of 869.74 mph (1,400.28 km/hr) with three in-flight refuelings. They receive the 1961 Bendix Trophy for their flight.
1959 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general-major in the United States Air Force.
1958 – (22-23) Flying a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, United States Marine Corps Major N. LeFaivre breaks five world climb-to-height records, including 15,000 m (49,221 feet) in 2 min 36 seconds.
1953 – S/L Keith R. Greenaway won the McKee Trans-Canada Trophy in recognition of his new methods of aerial navigation in the Arctic regions.
1947 – The prototype Boeing XC-97 Stratofreighter, 43-27472, c/n 8483, on a flight out of Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, comes down in a wheat stubble field and bursts into flames.
1946 – First flight of the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
1943 – Royal Air Force scatters first copies of The Flying Hollander
1931 – First flight of the Berliner-Joyce XFJ
1929 – Pan American Airways inaugurates a new passenger service from Miami, Florida to Managua, Panama with stops at Belize. The journey by a F. VII/3 ns takes 56 hours.
1920 – Bristol F.2C Badger partial prototype, completed in 1919 for aerodynamic tests, using Armstrong-Siddeley Puma engine, but only the wings and undercarriage of the Badger design (and locally referred to as the Badger X – for experimental) crashes this date. It is entered on the civil register as K110, AFTER it has already been written off.
1906 – The Wright brothers are granted US patent No. 821,393 for their airplane control.
