Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
President Emmanuel Macron announced French government support for Dassault Aviation’s VORTEX programme at the International Space Summit in Paris, formalising a consortium that has been
General Atomics has revealed a clean-sheet uncrewed aircraft pitched at the US Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft competition, designed to be fielded in large numbers
The swap extends a Boeing exchange model dating back a quarter of a century to a partnership over the 777 and Next-Generation 737, now validated
The concept pairs a certified, in-production freighter with Merlin’s autonomy software, aiming to fill a gap between small tactical delivery drones and full-size military airlifters.
Total Cargo Management provider TCE has argued that airlines entering new cargo markets need integrated handling, supplier and customer-service capability in place before they start
Two new remote sensing satellite groups reached orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a spaceport that has anchored China’s space programme since 1958 and
Sandra Diaso, Head of Human Resources at private charter and ACMI operator KlasJet, argues that what keeps professionals in aviation for decades has less to do with cockpits than with how freely people move between departments. WHY AVIATION CAREERS BECOME
The Rand Airport Airshow returned on Sunday 30 August 2026 for the first time since 2023, bringing aerobatic displays, historic aircraft and flying school exhibits back to one of South Africa’s oldest airfields, with Essential Fuels as headline sponsor. FIRST
Boeing forecasts that commercial aviation will need 674,000 new pilots over the next two decades, yet competition for entry-level First Officer positions remains intense. Industry figures interviewed by BAA Training argue the contradiction is not real: the shortage is a
2013 – First Flight of the Bombardier CSeries C-FBCS at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Quebec.
1996 – Launch: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-79 at 4:54:49.048 am EDT. Mission highlights: Shuttle-Mir docking.
1980 – First flight of the AIDC AT-3.
1964 – First flight of the Mikoyan Ye-155-P1
1958 – First flight of the North American Sabreliner (NA265-40)
1946 – The Italian airline Alitalia is formed.
1936 – Tupolev TB-3-4AM-34FRN with A. B. Yumashev at the controls sets a payload-to-altitude record of 10,000 kg (22,046 lb) to 6,605 m (21,670 feet).
1932 – Cyril Uwins sets a new heavier-than-air altitude record of 43,976 ft (13,404 m) in a Vickers Vespa.
1916 – Two Imperial German Navy Zeppelins destroyed when L 6, LZ31, took fire during refilling of gas in its hangar at Fuhlsbüttel and burnt down together with L 9, LZ36.
1910 – Bessica Raiche makes the first solo airplane flight by a woman in the United States to be accredited at the time by the Aeronautical Society of America.
