Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a firm order for A330neo aircraft with Airbus in a ceremony in Copenhagen, with the jets to be powered exclusively
Pilatus has announced the introduction of Gogo Galileo as a factory-installed connectivity option for the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet, bringing global high-speed broadband via the
ANRA Technologies has announced that its Mission Manager X platform now enables more than 55,000 commercial drone operations each month across the United States, reflecting the growing maturity of digital airspace infrastructure as a foundation for routine BVLOS services. PLATFORM MILESTONE SIGNALS AIRSPACE INFRASTRUCTURE MATURITY
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam has expanded its partnership with Oriens Aviation, appointing the company as its exclusive dealer for the Netherlands through a newly established local subsidiary, building on five years of collaboration covering the British Isles. PARTNERSHIP EXTENDED INTO DUTCH MARKET Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam has
Embraer’s Praetor 500E midsize business jet has achieved triple certification from Brazilian, American and European aviation authorities, clearing the aircraft for global operations and following the Praetor 600E’s equivalent milestone earlier this year. TRIPLE CERTIFICATION CLEARS PRAETOR 500E FOR GLOBAL MARKETS Embraer has announced that
Joby Aviation and Toyota Motor Corporation have announced the initial phase of a strategic manufacturing alliance through the formation of a joint venture, combining Joby’s electric aviation development with Toyota’s production systems expertise to support commercial eVTOL manufacturing. JOINT VENTURE FORMALISES NEARLY A DECADE OF COLLABORATION
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
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
Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has successfully flown its SD-05 aircraft at 100km/h, generating critical flight-test data that supports aircraft validation, certification activities and the company’s
2009 – Launch of TerreStar-1, American communications satellite.
2004 – Cassini – Huygens, flagship-class NASA-ESA-ASI spacecraft, enters into orbit around Saturn.
2002 – First flight of the Pilatus PC-21
1997 – Launch: Space Shuttle Columbia STS-94 at 2:02:02 pm EDT. Mission highlights: Spacelab mission.
1994 – Launch of Soyuz TM-19, Russian mission to the space station Mir.
1993 – STS-57, Shuttle-Spacehab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour, is back on earth
1993 – Launch of Soyuz TM-17, Russian mission to the space station Mir.
1989 – The crowd at the Paris air show is stunned when the Soviet Sukhoi Su27 performs its ‘Cobra’ manoeuvre. The Cobra sees the aircraft transfer from level flight to a vertical attitude and back to level flight with negligible changes in altitude.
1978 – July 1–19 – Frank Haile Jr and William Wisner fly two Beechcraft Bonanzas around the world in formation.
1976 – Clive Canning arrives in the United Kingdom, having flown from Australia in a Thorp T-18 homebuilt aircraft
1975 – First flight of the Valmet L-70 Vinka, a Finnish-designed piston-powered military basic trainer aircraft.
1966 – Entered Service: Fairchild FH-227 with Mohawk Airlines
1962 – Entered Service: Boeing Vertol 107 with New York Airways
1957 – Death of August Heinrich Euler, German aviation pioneer and aircraft designer and holder of the first Germany Pilots license
1945 – Death of Edson Fessenden Gallaudet, American pioneer in the field of aviation, first person to experiment with warped wings.
1935 – The Flying Keys set endurance record by flying a Curtiss Robin non-stop for 653 hours, 34 min
1933 – First flight of the Douglas DC-1, an American prototype and first model of the famous United States DC (Douglas Commercial) commercial transport aircraft series
1931 – The first mail delivered by rocket in the United States is claimed by three Struthers, Ohio high school students led by philatelist, John Kiktavi. He sends mail from Struthers to Poland, Ohio.
1929 – C. H. (“Punch”) Dickens was the first airman to reach any point on the western Canadian Arctic shore by air when he arrived at Aklavick, NWT 01 July 1929.
1928 – The first aviation weather reports were sent through teletype from Washington, D. C. to stations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois.
1925 – The U. S. Air Mail Service begins overnight flights between New York and Chicago over the Allegheny Mountains.
1919 – London’s first airport is opened, at Hounslow Heath. The facilities include a permanent Customs hall.
1918 – First flight of the Zeppelin LZ112 (L 70), German Military airship
1859 – July 1 and 2, John Wise (balloonist) and three companions complete a Montgolfière flight over a distance of 1,292 km (St. Louis – Henderson, USA).
1785 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American meteorologist John Jeffries cross the English Channel from Dover to Guinness in a balloon.
