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Embraer has launched the Phenom 300EV — the latest evolution of the world’s best-selling light jet for 14 consecutive years — adding Garmin Emergency Autoland
Chapman Freeborn Group and its specialist live animal transport brand Intradco Global have completed the air movement of 121 Mongolian horses between Ulaanbaatar and Hanoi
United Airlines has announced a new Economy Plus configuration exclusive to its 50-aircraft A321XLR order, featuring a row with an open middle seat repurposed as
Sigma Advanced Systems, the parent company of UK precision engineering group Nasmyth, has agreed to acquire Leicestershire-based Bromford Precision Solutions for approximately £11.89 million, adding
Textron Aviation is bringing twelve aircraft and multiple brand displays to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, headlined by the show debuts of the Cessna Citation CJ3
BAE Systems will reveal Project Intuity — its next-generation fighter pilot helmet demonstrator — at the Farnborough International Airshow from 20 to 24 July, bringing
Honeywell Aerospace Technologies’ latest Global Business Aviation Outlook projects operators will acquire 8,500 new business jets worth $283 billion between 2025 and 2034, with deliveries recovering from a pandemic-era trough and fractional ownership emerging as a significant structural force in
Bell’s annual Flight Camp in Amarillo, Texas, gives local middle school students a week-long introduction to engineering, aviation and advanced manufacturing, with the programme designed to build a pipeline of future talent for the company’s assembly operations. A WEEK-LONG WINDOW
KEYVAN Aviation has released a new version of its DPilot mobile application, providing pilots and flight schools with enhanced access to certified aeronautical data, interactive airspace visualisation and digital pre-flight planning tools. Digital support for flight training KEYVAN Aviation
2009 – Launch: Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-127 at 22:03 UTC. Mission highlights: ISS assembly flight 2J/A: JEM Exposed Facility (EF) & JEM ELM ES.
2004 – First flight of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master
1997 – First flight of the Beriev Be-103
1996 – At approximately 1803 hrs., a Belgian Lockheed C-130H Hercules, CH-06, c/n 4473, at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands after bird strikes stopped three engines. A total of 34 people lost their lives as a result of the accident, and seven people were seriously injured.
1975 – The first international manned space flight occurs between the Soviet Soyuz 19 and an Apollo spacecraft.
1970 – The Tupolev Tu-144 exceeds Mach 2 in level flight, the first commercial aircraft to do so in a flight on 26 May 1970.[1][better source needed]
1968 – The first direct airline service between the Soviet Union and the U. S. is inaugurated, ten years after negotiations began.
1964 – First flight of the Aermacchi SF.260.
1958 – First full transition from vertical flight to horizontal flight of The Vertol VZ-2 (or Model 76), US research aircraft built to investigate the tiltwing approach to vertical take-off and landing. The aircraft had a fuselage of tubular framework (originally uncovered) and accommodation for its pilot in a helicopter-like bubble canopy. The T-tail incorporated small ducted fans to act as thrusters for greater control at low speeds.
1954 – The Boeing 707 prototype, the model 367-80, made its maiden flight from Renton Field, south of Seattle on 20 Dec 1957.[2][better source needed]
1952 – A pair of USAF H-19 Chickasaws make the first transatlantic crossing by helicopter.
1947 – Northwest Airlines flies the first commercial passenger flight from the U. S. to Japan, using The Manila, a Douglas DC-4 aircraft, by way of Anchorage. From Tokyo, the flight continued to Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila.
1946 – First flight of the Canadair North Star. This was a 25 min flight.
1942 – The first supply flight from India to China over the ‘Hump’ is flown.
1939 – Clara Adams (NYC) is first woman to complete round world flight.
1938 – First flight of The production model Dornier Do 22/See, German three-seat, parasol wing monoplane, single-engined military floatplane.
1938 – A German Arado Ar 79 training and touring aircraft sets an international solo speed record over a 1,000-km (621.4-statute mile) course for an aircraft of its class, averaging 229.04 km/hr (142.32 mph).
1934 – Varney Speed Lines (later to be Continental Airlines) makes its first passenger-carrying flight.
1933 – Wiley Post began First solo flight around world in a Lockheed Vega, Winnie Mae.
1929 – First airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca.
1927 – First flight of The Bristol Bagshot, also known as the Type 95, heavily-armed British fighter prototype.
1925 – Dr. A. Hamilton Rice’s expedition to the Amazon to explore the headwaters of the Amazon, the first exploration by airplane, returns safely.
1923 – Dobrolet, the Soviet state airline, opens its first scheduled domestic service, between Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod.
1916 – William Boeing founds the Pacific Aero Products Company. In 1917 it will be renamed Boeing Airplane Company.
1784 – First steerable balloon (also known as a dirigible, modern term “airship”). The Robert brothers (Les Frères Robert) flew for 45 min from Saint-Cloud to Meudon with M. Collin-Hullin and Louis Philippe II, the Duke of Chartres in their elongated balloon. The steerable craft designed by professor Jacques Charles followed Jean Baptiste Meusnier‘s proposals (1783–85) for a dirigible balloon, with a rudder, but the use of oars as a means of propulsion was not successful.
