Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Riyadh Air has announced at Farnborough International Airshow that it is exercising options for 28 additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners from its 2023 order, including the
Kenya Airways has restored its Boeing 777-300ER to the Nairobi–London Heathrow route with effect from 17 July 2026, operating daily, increasing passenger and cargo capacity
California’s Chino Police Department has reported the operational performance of its Bell 505 helicopter in its first month of service, including three aerial pursuits all
Eve Air Mobility and Moov have signed a Letter of Intent at Farnborough International Airshow for up to 30 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft,
ZeroAvia and Safran have announced a technology partnership combining ZeroAvia’s aerospace fuel cell systems expertise with Safran’s certified electric propulsion heritage, focused on accelerating hydrogen-electric
Avion Express Brasil has announced that founder CEO Esteban Jauregui Lorda will step down following the airline’s establishment phase, with Chief Technical Officer Fernando Amaral
Boeing’s 2026 Services Market Outlook and Pilot and Technician Outlook project a $4.9 trillion commercial aviation support and services market through 2045, alongside demand for 674,000 new pilots, 728,000 maintenance technicians and 1,023,000 cabin crew, as digitisation, sustainability and geographic
IATA’s 2025 World Air Transport Statistics, drawn from data covering 1,315 airlines, document a year of broad aviation growth led by a 4.5% increase in international premium-class travel, continued Asian dominance of the world’s busiest airport pairs and a decisive
IATA has published its first edition of Operational Guidelines for In-Cabin Pet Transport, a comprehensive framework for airlines covering the full passenger and pet journey from initial booking to destination clearance, as survey data shows nearly a quarter of passengers
2008 – (20–26) 16th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
2007 – First flight of the Boeing X-48
2005 – First flight of the Grob G180 SPn
1992 – Round World Air Race begins in Paris.
1992 – An Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey prototype, BuNo 163914, arriving from Eglin AFB, Florida, catches fire and falls into the Potomac River at MCAS Quantico, Virginia, USA, killing 5 crew members in front of an audience of high-ranking US government officials; this is the first of a series of fatal accidents involving the controversial tiltrotor aircraft.
1976 – America’s Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.
1972 – Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7978, Article 2029, lost in landing accident at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Pilot Capt. Dennis K. Bush and RSO Jimmy Fagg are unhurt.
1971 – First flight of the Mitsubishi T-2
1969 – Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
1956 – The US Navy commissions its first helicopter carrier, USS Thetis Bay
1956 – First flight of the Aerotécnica AC-12
1951 – First flight of the Hawker Hunter
1948 – Sixteen Lockheed Shooting Stars complete the first west to east transatlantic flight by jet aircraft.
1940 – The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan began operations when students started training at No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario.
1939 – Canada’s first North American Harvards No.’s 1321 & 1322 were delivered to RCAF Sea IsIand.
1939 – First flight of the Heinkel He 176 was on 20 Jun 1939.[1][better source needed]
1930 – July 20–August 1, 7560 km race over Europe of the Challenge 1930 contest.
1927 – Lindbergh begins NY flight (Spirit of St Louis).
1925 – First flight of the Boeing Model 40
1908 – Orville Wright warns Glenn Curtiss that the wing flaps used in the AEA’s June Bug are an infringement of the Wrights’ patent.
