Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The new site, the first of three planned engineering hubs beyond Edgewing’s Reading headquarters, will host engineers from all three partner nations working on the
The Dublin-based lessor’s Q3 update also reports strong placement activity and new financing facilities, with fleet commitments climbing toward 1,342 aircraft pro forma for the
The partners handled 3,101 tonnes of cargo in August, the first time the team has passed the three-million-kilogram mark in a single month. Global GSA
The airline’s latest miniature house celebrates Wijnhoeve De Kleine Schorre, which has supplied Dutch wine for KLM’s World Business Class cabin for more than two
The partnership, backed by PearlQ chief executive His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Khalifa Al Thani, will develop and deliver digital aviation training solutions across Qatar, the
Air Botswana’s Bao Mosinyi becomes Deputy Chair, as Angola is confirmed to host the association’s 57th Annual General Assembly in 2027. The Airlines Association of
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
Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record
2012 – (12-15) The retired Space Shuttle Endeavour is towed 12 miles (19 km) through the streets of Los Angeles, California, from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center for museum display. Numerous logistical problems along the route cause it to arrive 17 hours late.
2011 – Introduction: Boeing 747-8 (747-8F) with Cargolux
1997 – Singer-songwriter John Denver was killed when the Long-EZ aircraft he was piloting crashed just off the coast of California at Pacific Grove, shortly after taking off from the Monterey Peninsula Airport.
1988 – A Bar Harbor Airlines ATR 42 misses Air Force One by less than 1,000 feet.
1980 – Mesa Airlines commenced operations.
1976 – First flight of the Sikorsky S-72.
1964 – Launched: Voskhod 1. This was the Soviet Union’s first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.
1961 – The U.S. Navy’s first McDonnell-built F4H operational squadron, VF-74, is qualified for carrier duty.
1960 – The first Hercules was delivered to the RCAF, they arrived in Trenton from Marietta, Georgia.
1954 – A U.S. Navy Lockheed P2V Neptune undergoing test cycles by the Air Force Operational Test Center at Eglin AFB suffers a structural failure on landing at Auxiliary Field Number 8 which causes the starboard engine to break loose and burn in a Tuesday morning accident. The crew of two escape injury.
1944 – The first B-29 Superfortress lands on Saipan, beginning the Twentieth Air Force’s build-up of a strategic bombing capability in the Mariana Islands. For the first time, all of Japan proper is within range of United States Army Air Forces strategic bombers.
1940 – Ilyushin TsKB-57, prototype of the Ilyushin Il-2.
1924 – 12-15 – Transportation of the Zeppelin-Airship “LZ 126” (USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)) to USA under guidance of H. Eckener.
1907 – Augustus Gaudron crosses the North Sea in a hot air balloon named Mammouth. He flies 1,160 km (721 miles) from The Crystal Palace, London to Lake Vänern, Sweden.
