Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The Federal Aviation Administration has published its first proposed rule to establish a noise-based certification standard for supersonic aircraft, the regulatory mechanism required to repeal
The 36th Amendment to South Africa’s Civil Aviation Regulations — which would enable the long-awaited Condition Monitoring Programme under Appendix 3 of the Part 43
Fursan Al Emarat, the UAE National Aerobatics Team, will perform at the Farnborough International Airshow from 20–24 July 2026, bringing its seven-aircraft formation display to
BAA Training France has achieved a global first by certifying and declaring ready for training an Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator to the new Airbus
FL Technics Indonesia has opened a new dedicated aircraft painting facility at its Bali MRO station and completed its first customer project within days of
Airbus’s 2026–2045 Global Market Forecast projects annual passenger traffic growth of 3.9%, driving demand for 42,060 new aircraft over the period, with decentralising urban growth
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
2004 – First flight of the Aerocomp Comp Air Jet
1978 – Airbus Industrie announces a decision to proceed with development of the A300 B10, a shortened version of the A300 with a capacity of 225 passengers, compared to 281 on the B2 and B4. The designation is later changed to the A310.
1968 – First flight of The Mil V-12 (also referred to as the Mi-12, NATO reporting name “Homer”), largest helicopter ever built.
1962 – Launch of Telstar 1, First satellite to relay television signals. It successfully relayed through space the First television pictures, telephone calls, fax images and provided the First live transatlantic television feed.
1959 – First flight of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 A, prototype single-seat fighter/interceptor, part of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 family.
1953 – New York Airways becomes the First scheduled helicopter carrier in the USA and the First passenger helicopter carrier in the world
1947 – First flight of the Airspeed Ambassador
1942 – First flight of the Douglas A-26 Invader.
1940 – The fourth Messerschmitt Bf 109 F series prototype makes its first flight in Germany, powered by one of the new 1,350-hp Daimler Benz DB 601E.
1938 – “Yankee Clipper” completes First passenger flight over Atlantic.
1938 – Howard Hughes, with crew members Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart and Ed Lund, begin a record-breaking round-the-world flight in a specially modified Lockheed Super Electra. They cut in half the time set by Wiley Post 1933; their flying time is 71 hours, 11 min, 10 seconds.
1935 – Bell Aircraft Corporation is founded in Buffalo, New York.
1935 – Air Bleu starts daily mail operations in France.
1929 – First flight of the Macchi M.67, Italian racing seaplane designed for the Schneider Trophy race.
1919 – British rigid airship, R-34, takes off from Long Island, New York, for a trip back to Pulham, Norfolk, for the First Atlantic double-crossing (return flight).
1916 – First flight of The Savoia-Pomilio SP.2, Italian biplane reconnaissance and bomber aircraft, refined version of the SP.1, basic configuration from the Farman MF.11.
1914 – July 10–11, German Reinhold Böhm flies his Albatros-biplane 24 hours and 12 min without refueling and nonstop. This one-man-flight record lasted until 1927.
1910 – Walter Brookins attained an altitude of 6,175 feet in a Wright biplane on 9 Jul 1910, becoming the First to fly a mile high and wins a prize of $5,000 for his feat.
1845 – Birth of Joseph Eustache Crocé-Spinelli, French balloonist.
