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Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with Mistral AI to expand the use of artificial intelligence across commercial aviation, defence and space applications. Collaboration aims
Africa Aerospace and Defence will mark the 100-day countdown to AAD 2026 with a stakeholder engagement and media briefing in Pretoria on 8 June. Stakeholders
United Aircraft Corporation has delivered a new batch of Su-35S multi-role fighter aircraft to the Russian Aerospace Forces following completion of factory testing. Aircraft complete factory testing before transfer to operational units MOSCOW – The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of the Rostec State Corporation, has
NorSAF and KBR have signed an agreement to support development of a commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel and eSAF production facility in Latvia, targeting operations by 2031. Project aims to establish commercial-scale production of sustainable aviation fuel and eSAF by 2031 LIEPAJA – Latvian sustainable fuel developer
IATA reports global air cargo demand increased by 4.0% in April 2026, driven by strong Asia-linked trade flows despite disruption caused by conflict in the Middle East. Asia-linked trade flows support cargo market performance as regional conflict reshapes global routes GENEVA – Global air cargo demand
Montreal-based aviation technology company stratosX appoints former Southwest Airlines executives Matt Hafner and Charles Cunningham to support development of AI-enabled airline recovery operations technology. Montreal-based startup strengthens leadership team as airlines face growing operational disruption challenges MONTREAL – Canadian aviation technology company stratosX has appointed former
ATEQ GROUP has launched its new South African website, www.ateqsa.co.za, providing local access to aviation testing and maintenance support information. Local platform launched to support
Commercial UAV Expo 2026 and Pilot Institute have announced an expanded Pilot Hub education programme focused on drone operations, safety, and business development. Pilot Hub
The Aerolite Spitfire Type 433 has made its public debut in Cornwall, combining modern composite technology with the design heritage of the iconic WWII fighter
2004 – First flight of the NAL Saras
2003 – First flight of the Van’s Aircraft RV-10
2002 – First flight of the Aceair AERIKS 200
2001 – Three crew are killed when a Republic of Korea Army Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinook, of the 301st Aviation Regiment, Icheon, crashes in Seoul, South Korea while installing a torch-shaped sculpture on the Han River Olympic Bridge, built to commemorate the 1988 Olympic Games. The Chinook had just lowered the flame-shaped statuary onto the bridge central tower when its rotors hit the sculpture and then the tower. The front rotor clipped the top of the sculpture and separated from the helicopter which then fell onto the span, breaking in two, with the rear bursting into flame on the bridge and the forward half falling into the river. No other casualties were reported. The bridge had been closed during the installation work.
1986 – (29-June 1) The 5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
1981 – The Bell X-14B, NASA N704NA, originally USAF 56-0422, upgraded from the A-configuration with an onboard computer and digital fly-by-wire control system installed to enable emulation of landing characteristics of other VTOL aircraft, and used in this test role, is damaged beyond repair in a landing accident this date. Airframe was saved from being scrapped and is now under restoration at the Ropkey Armor Museum, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
1969 – A USAF General Dynamics F-111 on a training flight out of Nellis AFB, Nevada, crashes from low altitude when deficient wind-shield bulged down from the top of the canopy bow and instantly crazed. Tactical Air Command replaces 50 F-111 windshields in 1969 and 93 in 1970.
1951 – Cpt C. Blair makes the first solo flight over the North Pole, in a P-51 Mustang
1941 – The USAAC forms USAAC Ferrying Command|Ferrying Command to fly newly manufactured aircraft across the Atlantic to Britain.
1940 – First flight of the Vought F4U Corsair
1935 – First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 on 28 May 1935.[6]
1934 – Highland Airways commences the first regular airmail service within the United Kingdom, between Inverness and Kirkwall
1934 – The Collier trophy for the year’s outstanding aviation achievement is awarded in Washington, D.C. to Hamilton Standard Propeller Company for the development of the controllable-pitch propeller.
1929 – Boeing Aircraft of Canada was incorporated by William Edward Boeing of Seattle, Henry Stonestreet Hoffar and Charles George Beeching of Vancouver, to design and build aircraft and to take over, as a going concern, the Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards at Vancouver.
1925 – Alan Cobham lands the prototype de Havilland D.H.60 Moth after flying 1,000 miles to Zurich, Switzerland and back to Croydon, England in a single day.
1910 – Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany NY to New York City, a then-epic flight of about 150 miles. This could loosely be credited as the first air mail flight, for he unofficially carried a letter from Albany’s mayor to the mayor of NYC.
1908 – The first passenger flight in Europe occurs as Henri Farman takes up Ernest Archdeacon for a brief flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
