Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The new aircraft leasing and infrastructure investment platform will acquire a seed portfolio of 22 modern aircraft from Avolon with a current market value of
The Hellenic Republic becomes the seventh European nation to acquire the advanced multi-mission aircraft, through a government-to-government agreement with Portugal. The Hellenic Ministry of National
The company says a dedicated automation cell running alongside its Camden, Arkansas, assembly line is compressing first-unit production timelines and reducing costs for the QuadStar
The order supports the Faroese national airline’s transition toward an all-A320neo fleet, driving operational synergies and streamlined maintenance. Atlantic Airways, the national airline of the
The independent catering specialist is extending its partnerships with Air Astana and Ethiopian Airlines and will open a new production facility at Munich Airport in
The European Investment Bank loan supports an investment programme of up to €111 million, including measures to implement the airport’s carbon strategy STRzero. The European
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
2012 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to an exhibition hall at Cape Canaveral’s main tourist stop to be put on display. The 10-mile (16-km) journey takes 12 hours. It is the final act of the Space Shuttle Program.[2]
1992 – First flight of the Airbus A330
1968 – Japan Airlines Flight 2, a Douglas DC-8, ditches in San Francisco Bay as a result of pilot error, all on board survive.
1964 – A U. S. Air Force HH-43 F helicopter based at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, conducts the first night rescue by the Air Force’s Air-Sea Rescue Service in Southeast Asia.
1954 – The VTOL Convair XFY transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back
1953 – First prototype Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger, 52-7994, suffers engine failure during test flight, lands wheels up, severely injuring the pilot, airframe written off.
1952 – Marine Corps Maj. William Stratton and Master Sgt. Hans Hoagland, in a Douglas F3D Skyknight, down a North Korean Yak-15, marking the first victory in a jet-versus-jet night action.
1947 – With Howard Hughes at the controls, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the “Spruce Goose, ” makes its first flight, traveling at 135 mph (217 km/hr) for about a mile (1.6 km) at an altitude of 70 feet (21 m) over Long Beach Harbor in California with 32 people on board.
Both the largest flying boat and the aircraft with the largest wingspan (319 feet 11 inches; 97.54 m) ever built, it never flies again.
1943 – First flight of the Grumman F7F Tigercat.
1936 – Department of Transport was established and took over control of civil aviation from the Department of National Defense.
1931 – The USS Akron, a purpose-built aircraft-carrying airship, is commissioned.
1931 – US Marine Corps squadrons VS-15 M and VS-14 M embark on USS Lexington and USS Saratoga, the first time Marine Corps squadrons are assigned to aircraft carriers.
1929 – The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as 99s, was founded at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, New York, for the mutual support and advancement of women pilots.
1923 – Flying a Curtiss R2 C-1, U. S. Navy Lieutenant H. J. Rowe sets a new world airspeed record of 259.16 mph (417.07 km/hr).
1922 – QANTAS begins its first scheduled flights, between Charleville, Queensland and Cloncurry, Queensland.
1912 – The first airplane flights in Japan by Imperial Japanese Navy personnel are made by two officers at the naval air station at Oppama using Farman and Curtiss seaplanes.
