Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the proposed acquisition of Safair Holdings — the entity that controls FlySafair — by
BETA Technologies and United Therapeutics Corporation, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, have conducted a multi-stage organ transport mission across Virginia and Maryland
The Government of Nova Scotia has placed four new Airbus H125 helicopters into service for wildfire suppression, search and rescue, emergency transport and aerial surveillance,
South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter has entered mass production following a rollout ceremony attended by President Lee Jae Myung in March 2026, with GE Aerospace’s
A twelve-month drone demonstration project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has completed its live flight phase, validating integrated UTM and Counter-UAS digital services for commercial and
Archer Aviation has announced Zee, an AI foundation model built specifically for aviation, trained on real-world operational data drawn from a global network of more
IATA has published its first edition of Operational Guidelines for In-Cabin Pet Transport, a comprehensive framework for airlines covering the full passenger and pet journey from initial booking to destination clearance, as survey data shows nearly a quarter of passengers
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
2011 – Launch of GPS IIF-2, GPS satellite.
1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr. plane crash: A Piper Saratoga piloted by John F. Kennedy, Jr. – The son of President John F. Kennedy – crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, killing all three people on board: Kennedy, his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette.
1989 – European air traffic is halted due to industrial action by French air traffic controllers.
1986 – Launch of Soyuz T-15, Soviet manned mission to both space stations Mir and Salyut 7.
1986 – The Atlas Cheetah, fighter aircraft built as a major upgrade of the Dassault Mirage III by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aviation) of South Africa, is First unveiled.
1970 – First flight of the Aérospatiale Corvette
1969 – Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.
1965 – First launch of the Proton, expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches.
1965 – First flight of the North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft.
1962 – NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m.
1957 – First Flights: Aerotécnica AC-14
1957 – Flying a Vought F8U-1P Crusader photographic reconnaissance aircraft, United States Marine Corps Major John H. Glenn sets a North American transcontinental speed record, flying from Los Alamitos, California, to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City nonstop in 3 hours, 28 min, 50 seconds, at an average speed of 723.517 mph (1,165.084 km/hr) with three aerial refuelings.
1956 – First flight of The Lavochkin La-250 “Anakonda”, Soviet high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype.
1953 – USAF Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Barnes, flying a North American F86D Sabre, sets the world’s first speed record over 700mph
1951 – First flight of the Iberavia I-11 EC-AFE (Or Iberavia I-11), Spanish low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed, tricycle undercarriage and a large, bubble canopy over the two side-by-side seats.
1950 – First flight of the Boisavia Chablis, French 2-seat high wing monoplane light sport aircraft prototype
1948 – First flight of the Vickers Viscount
1947 – Geoffrey Tyson test-pilots the Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 TG263, the first jet fighter to be modified as a flying boat.
1925 – Early example of a production Fokker D.XIII is used to set four new world airspeed records: the airspeed record for carrying a 500 kg/1,102 lb payload (265.7 km/h or 165.7 mph), the record for carrying the same payload over a distance of 200 km (264.2 km/h or 164.7 mph), at the same time setting the same records for carrying a 250 kg (551 lb) payload.
1921 – First flight of the Avro 552, a British light biplane aircraft, Evolution of the AVro 504.
1921 – Cambridge wins the first air race between Oxford and Cambridge universities, using S. E. 5 as. airplanes.
1920 – First flight of the Blériot-SPAD S.34
1911 – The LZ 10 Schwaben enters commercial service. It will go on to become the first commercially successful passenger aircraft.
1910 – First flight of The Duigan pusher biplane (or often simply the Duigan biplane), unnamed early aircraft which made the First powered flight by an Australian-designed and -built machine.
