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Hong Kong’s Cathay Group has placed a firm order for 11 more A330-900s and three more A321neos, building on its existing Airbus commitments as part
An Airbus-operated A350-1000ULR flew non-stop from Melbourne to Toulouse in 24 hours and 24 minutes, officially breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest flight
The Embraer Group’s Brazilian technology arm presented an integrated counter-drone ecosystem at Euronaval 2026, combining command and control, data analytics and cybersecurity rather than neutralisation
AEM has broadened its Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate to cover the Leonardo AW139 and AB139, making fleet radio upgrades simpler for operators of those
Embraer achieved its highest-ever third-quarter revenue, up 17% year-on-year, prompting the company to raise its 2026 revenue and cash flow guidance on the strength of
Norwegian aerial survey provider Field Geospatial has ordered two DA62 MPP SurveyStar aircraft, marking a new partnership focused on advanced airborne data acquisition and special
Drawing on discussions from the ACC Airline Conference 2026, Dave Williams, Director of Leasing at ACC Aviation, explores how airlines and ACMI providers are adapting to geopolitical disruption, elevated fuel costs and continued economic uncertainty. Despite one of the most
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.
All nine people aboard the Aurora Aviation-operated jet were killed when it crashed near Greenacres and Palm Springs, Florida, on Sunday. This is a developing story which WAN will continue to cover. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at
2009 – RwandAir Flight 205, a Bombardier CRJ-100, crashes into a terminal shortly after an emergency landing at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda; of the 10 passengers and 5 crew, 1 passenger dies.
2008 – A USAF F-16 caught fire on takeoff. The pilot survived.[1]
2001 – American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashes into a Queens neighborhood in New York City when the plane’s vertical tail fin snaps just after takeoff. All 251 passengers and nine crew members on board are killed as well as five people on the ground.
1996 – Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision: Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, a Boeing 747, collides in mid-air with Air Kazakhstan Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76, near Charkhi Dadri, India. All 312 on board the Boeing 747 and all 37 on board the Ilyushin Il-76 are killed.
1995 – American Airlines Flight 1572, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 with 78 people on board, lands short of the runway at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Only one person is injured.
1995 – Launch: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-74 at 7:30:43.071 a.m. EST. Mission highlights: 2nd Shuttle-Mir docking. Delivered docking module. IMAX cargo bay camera.
1989 – California Polytechnic State University flies the first human-powered helicopter
1984 – Space Shuttle astronauts snare a satellite, the first ever “space salvage. ”
1981 – Launch: Space shuttle Columbia STS-2 at 15:09:59 UTC. Mission highlights:
First reuse of a manned orbital space vehicle; first test of Canadarm robot arm; Truncated due to fuel cell problem.
1980 – Delta Air Lines orders 60 Boeing 757s, the largest single order to this time for a single airliner type.
1980 – Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Saturn, flying 77,000 miles above its surface and taking photo of its rings.
1970 – First flight of the Kawasaki C-1
1932 – First flight of the de Havilland Dragon
1922 – Japan’s first airmail service commences, linking Sakai, Osaka and Tokushima.
1919 – Keith and Ross Smith set out to fly a Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, from England to Australia, the first flight between these two places. They arrive in Darwin on December 18.
1912 – A Curtiss Triad becomes the first aircraft to be launched by catapult, at the US Navy‘s Washington Navy Yard.
1912 – The first demonstration of naval aircraft at an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet review takes place at Yokohama, with Lieutenant Yōzō Kaneko flying a Farman seaplane and Lieutenant Sankichi Kōno a Curtiss seaplane.
1906 – First flight certified and registered by FAI: Brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont in Paris in his “14 bis” flies some 720 feet and wins the Aéro-Club de France prize for exceeding 100 m.
1903 – The Lebaudy brothers make a controlled dirigible flight of 54 km (34 miles) from Moisson to Pa
