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The crewed, highly adaptable research platform is designed to test rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology, with a first flight expected within two years. NASA unveiled its
Ed Bastian has called Heathrow Airport Limited’s plan to move Delta from Terminal 3 to Terminal 4 “short-sighted” and “deeply disappointing,” as the airport’s wider
The milestone aircraft was delivered to White Saddle Air Services, a family-owned helicopter operator in British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin region. Bell Textron Inc., a Textron
Weakness in the Middle East and North America offset a return to growth in most international markets, with the load factor holding at 83.2 per
The MRO provider has expanded its engineering team in Bangkok to bring transition support closer to aircraft and stakeholders across Southeast Asia, as the region’s
The dedicated logistics product combines priority loading, specialised handling and proactive shipment monitoring for AI server racks, semiconductors, GPUs and other critical hardware. Emirates SkyCargo
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.
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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
2009 – A Russian Naval Aviation Tupolev Tu-142 M3 Bear F/J from the 310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment based at Kamenny Ruchey Airbase crashes 15–20 km from the coast of Cape Datta north of Sovetskaya Gavan. The Naval aircraft on a routine training exercise crashes into the sea in the Tatar Straight near the island of Sakhalin with the loss of all 11 crew.
2002 – National Airlines, already operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, permanently ceases operations
1980 – First flight of the Solar Challenger
1967 – TWA Flight 159, a Boeing 707, overruns the runway at Greater Cincinnati Airport and catches fire; all on board escape the aircraft, but a passenger dies four days later.
1963 – A TCA Douglas DC-8 operating as Flight 861 was taking off from runway 28L at London Heathrow Airport on a flight to Montreal, Canada with seven crew and 90 passengers on board. As the aircraft passed 132 knots on the take off roll the captain pulled back on the control column but mistakenly thought there was no response from the elevators and aborted the take off. As a result the aircraft overshot the runway and came to rest 800 yards from the end of the runway in a cabbage field. All passengers and crew on board survived the accident and the aircraft was repaired and returned to service.
1957 – First Flights: Fairey Rotodyne
1957 – A prototype of the Bristol Britannia crashes in Downend, England, during a test flight, killing all 15 people on board and injuring one person on the ground.
1956 – The world’s first ship-based helicopter-borne assault takes place, as helicopters from HMS Ocean and HMS Theseus land 425 men of the Royal Marines’ 45 Commando and 23 tons of stores in Port Said, Egypt, in 90 min.
During the day, over 1,000 French paratroopers jump into Egypt, and French Corsairs and F-84 F Thunderstreaks provide close air support to French forces. A ceasefire ends hostilities between Egypt and the United Kingdom, France, and Israel in the evening. The last major operation by a British aircraft carrier force in history comes to an end.
1945 – After its piston engine fails, a mixed-propulsion Ryan FR-1 Fireball fighter flown by U. S. Navy Ensign Jake West (of VF-41) makes the first landing under jet power on an aircraft carrier, landing aboard USS Wake Island (CVE-65).
1942 – First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
1942 – Grumman UC-103, 42-97044, former civilian Grumman G-32 Gulfhawk III, ex-NC1051, built for the Gulf Oil Refining Company, delivered 6 May 1938 and impressed by the USAAF in November 1942, used as VIP ferry aircraft, 427th Air Base Squadron, Homestead Army Air Field,[163] force-lands in the southern Florida Everglades with engine failure: written off.
1939 – The formation of the Organization and Training Division at RCAF headquarters was authorized.
1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane K5083 at Brooklands, England
1929 – First flight of the Junkers G.38
1924 – First flight of the Dornier Do J
1923 – First flight of the Blériot-SPAD S.61
1922 – First flight of the Bristol Bullfinch, an experimental British two-seat fighter biplane
1915 – A Curtiss AB-2 piloted by Lt Cdr Henry Mustin is catapulted from the deck of USS North Carolina while the ship is underway.
