Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
All three of Emirates’ South African gateways are now served with the award-winning Premium Economy cabin, completing the rollout since it first launched in Cape
The UK Government and Rolls-Royce have announced plans for a joint 10-year, £2.5 billion research and technology programme to develop cutting-edge gas turbine technologies for
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 authorization covers the E170 and E190 jets, with services provided at FL Technics’ facilities in Vilnius and Kaunas. Embraer has named FL Technics, a
The long-term agreement covers maintenance, repair and overhaul of both LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines, with MTU Maintenance Fort Worth conducting shop visits and on-site events.
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
2003 – AH-64D Apache 00-5211 (ex AH-64A 86-9009) of 6–6th Cavalry Regiment crashes near Balad AAF, Iraq, and burned out. Both crewmembers are safe.[3]
1985 – Launch: Space Shuttle Challenger STS-61-A at 17:00:00 UTC. Mission highlights: Spacelab-D1, Germany funded mission, last successful mission of Challenger.
1979 – Sir Barnes Wallis dies, aged 82.
1978 – The Indian government approves the purchase of the SEPECAT Jaguar for the Indian Air Force
1976 – Pan Am Flight 50, operated by the 747SP named Clipper New Horizons (N533 PA), lands back in San Francisco 54 hours 7 min 12 seconds after it left, thereby setting a new speed record for a round-the-world polar flight. Over 170 passengers paid $2222 (economy) to $3333 (first class) for the privilege of flying over the North and South Poles with musicians, a hair dresser and a Gucci fashion show on board. The flight also made stops in London, Cape Town and Auckland along the way. Earlier that year, the same aircraft (though named Clipper Liberty Bell at the time) set a speed record for circumnavigating the globe around the Equator.
1963 – Mrs. Hester Dunlap, spouse of A/M CR Dunlap, christened the first production Canadair CL-41 for the RCAF, “Tutor”.
1962 – Third prototype Hawker Siddeley P.1127, XP972, first flown 5 April 1962, is severely damaged when the Bristol-Siddeley Pegasus 2 fails following a main bearing seizure during a high-G turn
Hawker’s chief experimental test pilot Hugh Merewether attempts forced landing at RAF Tangmere, but the undercarriage collapses, followed by a titanium fire. Pilot escapes unhurt but the airframe is not repaired.
1945 – No. 166 Squadron was disbanded.
1935 – The United Airlines Cheyenne test crash occurred on 1935 during a flight to check the instruments of a Boeing 247D. The aircraft was seen to enter a turn, drop its nose, impact the ground and burst into fire. The Probable Cause was the pilot’s initiation of an abrupt maneuver with insufficient altitude for safety.
1935 – Prototype Boeing Model 299, NX13372, ‘X13372’, c/n 1963, the future Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, crashes on take-off from Wright Field, Ohio, due to locked control surfaces, killing early military aviator and test pilot Maj. Ployer Peter Hill. Other engineers taken to hospital with injuries. Boeing test pilot and observer Les Tower died later. Ogden Air Depot, Utah, renamed Hill Field, (later Hill Air Force Base), on 1 December 1939. As the prototype was owned by Boeing, it had no USAAC serial.
1918 – Flying a SPAD XIII fighter, Eddie Rickenbacker shoots down a German observation balloon near Remonville, France, for his 26th and final aerial victory. His 26 victories (22 aircraft and four balloons) will make him the top-scoring American ace of World War I.
1909 – John Moore-Brabazon in a Short Brothers aircraft flies the first circular mile in the UK and wins £1,000 from the Daily Mail newspaper.
1908 – Henry Farman performs the first cross-country flight in Europe as well as the first flight between two towns.
