Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Nearly 50 years after launch, Voyager 1 will reach a distance of one light-day from Earth on 18 November, prompting NASA to host a global
United says Starlink Wi-Fi is now available on more than half of its daily flights, with the airline expecting more than 6.6 million customers to
Fly Across has completed the first installation of Honeywell’s Ensemble connected engine technology in Latin America, fitting the system to an Embraer Praetor 500 in
Airbus Helicopters’ third annual International Utility Summit in Vancouver brought together operators, regulators and fire service leaders to discuss safety culture, night firefighting and the
Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100,000th GMLRS rocket and is now producing nearly 14,000 a year, while a new solid rocket motor test with General
Mexicana will roll out Embraer’s AHEAD aircraft health monitoring platform across its E2 fleet, as the Mexican state airline continues to expand its all-Embraer operation.
Drawing on discussions from the ACC Airline Conference 2026, Dave Williams, Director of Leasing at ACC Aviation, explores how airlines and ACMI providers are adapting to geopolitical disruption, elevated fuel costs and continued economic uncertainty. Despite one of the most
By Robin Rabec Cape Winelands Airport is taking shape as one of South Africa’s most ambitious aviation developments. Watch our exclusive video interview with CEO Nick Fergusson as he discusses the project’s progress, commercial strategy and vision for the future.
All nine people aboard the Aurora Aviation-operated jet were killed when it crashed near Greenacres and Palm Springs, Florida, on Sunday. This is a developing story which WAN will continue to cover. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at
2011 – The Dubai-based airline Emirates orders 50 Boeing 777 airliners worth about US$18,000,000,000 – the largest order in terms of commercial value in Boeing‘s history – with an option to purchase 20 more 777s for another $8,000,000,000.[1]
1992 – First flight of the Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
1981 – Ben Abruzzo and crew make the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by balloon, in the Double Eagle V
1958 – Seventh of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19313, c/n 7, on X-10 Drone BOMARC target mission 2, out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The X-10 flies out over the ocean, then accelerates toward the Cape. However the Bomarc A fails to launch. Autoland is successful, but again the drag chute and landing barrier both fail, and the vehicle burns after overrunning the runway.
1944 – civil air services to London are restored, with the first flights carried out by Railway Air Services
1942 – A U. S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher floatplane rescues U. S. World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and two other survivors of a ditched B-17D Flying Fortress from a life raft. They had been adrift in the Pacific for 22 days.
1940 – Introduction: Handley Page Halifax with the Royal Air Force’s No. 35 Squadron
1926 – Schneider Trophy race flown at Hampton Roads, USA. Won by Mario De Bernardi (Italy) in a Macchi M.39 at 396.698 km/h (246.5 mph).
1916 – Sole prototype of the Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) V1, a single-seat, all-metal fighter with pod-type fuselage and pusher 160 hp (120 kW) Maybach Mb III engine, designed by Dipl-Ing Claudius Dornier, and built by the Abteilung ‘Dornier’ of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH at Seemoos, near Friedrichshafen, attempts initial flight. After a series of ground hops in September by Bruno E. Schröter, this pilot refused to fly the prototype due to pronounced tail-heaviness. Oblt. Haller von Hallerstein, instead undertakes initial flight this date, but the V1 performs a loop immediately after take-off, crashing, killing pilot. No further development undertaken of the type.
1907 – First flight of the Cornu helicopter
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the Santos-Dumont 14-bis a distance of 722 feet (220 m) in 21 seconds on the grounds of the Château de Bagatelle. With the event happening after over two years of successful Wright brothers flights in the United States, this is recorded as the first officially observed aeroplane flight in Europe and the distance Santos-Dumont flies is the first officially recognized airplane distance record.
