Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, has made the world debut of the Voyager training aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, introducing an IFR-capable, spin-certified training
SMBC Aviation Capital has announced simultaneous firm orders for 100 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft and 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets at the Farnborough International Airshow,
South Australia-based Adelaide Aviation has selected the Tecnam P-Mentor as its primary training aircraft and taken immediate delivery of two aircraft via Tecnam’s Australian representative
Leonardo is using Farnborough International Airshow 2026 to present an integrated multi-domain portfolio that extends from the next-generation GCAP fighter programme and the M-346 Block
Omar Ali Adib, Rolls-Royce’s Senior Vice President for the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, has outlined the operational intelligence and engineering improvement programme underpinning
Piper Aircraft has used EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026 to announce five simultaneous developments: a new factory service centre in Vero Beach, a fleet agreement with
Boeing’s 2026 Services Market Outlook and Pilot and Technician Outlook project a $4.9 trillion commercial aviation support and services market through 2045, alongside demand for 674,000 new pilots, 728,000 maintenance technicians and 1,023,000 cabin crew, as digitisation, sustainability and geographic
IATA’s 2025 World Air Transport Statistics, drawn from data covering 1,315 airlines, document a year of broad aviation growth led by a 4.5% increase in international premium-class travel, continued Asian dominance of the world’s busiest airport pairs and a decisive
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
2009 – Aeroméxico Flight 665, a Boeing 737-752, registration XA-NAM, suffers a nosewheel collapse on pushback at San Francisco International Airport.
2009 – A United States Navy Sikorsky HH-60H 163790 crashed on a training flight at Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia, United States; minor injuries only.
2008 – A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52H-155-BW Stratofortress, 60-0053, c/n 464-418, “Louisiana Fire”, crashed into the Pacific Ocean approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam, after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base
2006 – (21-26) The 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship is held in Troyes, France. Individual winners are 1. Krzysztof Wieczorek (Poland) in a 3Xtrim, 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland) in a Cessna 152, 3. Krzysztof Skrętowicz (Poland) in a 3Xtrim. Team winners are 1. Poland, 2. Czech Republic, 3. France.
2003 – A South African registered aircraft, carrying 12 passengers and two crew, crashed into Mount Kenya: there were no survivors.[1][2]
2001 – First flight of the XCOR EZ-Rocket
1980 – The F-16 is officially named the Fighting Falcon in a ceremony.
1976 – Canadian government announced that the Lockheed Aurora CP-140 maritime patrol aircraft would replace the Argus long-range patrol aircraft.
1961 – First manned spacecraft to sink at sea was Gus Grissom‘s Liberty Bell 7. Grissom was saved from drowning by Navy rescue personnel.
1959 – To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot’s flight across the English Channel, the Daily Mail announces a Paris–London, or London–Paris race, on 25 May 1959. On this date, an Armee de l’Air Sud Aviation Vautour, with noted French Resistance heroine Colette Duval aboard as a passenger, touches down not at RAF Biggin Hill, but at the disused Battle of Britain airfield at RAF Kenley seven miles (11 km) away. With only an 800-yard (730 m) runway, the twin-jet bomber overruns and is damaged although both occupants escape injury.
1958 – 1st Lt. Charles “Bud” Rogers has to eject from his North American F-86L Sabre, 52-10134, after it catches on fire during an engineering test flight near Walsh, Illinois. He is uninjured.
1951 – 1951 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-4 disappearance occurred on a flight from Vancouver, Canada to Tokyo, Japan; all 37 on board are presumed dead; the aircraft has never been found.
1948 – 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash: A United States Air Force Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, 45-21847, modified into an Boeing F-13 Superfortress reconnaissance platform, crashes into Lake Mead, Nevada, during a classified cosmic ray research mission out of Armitage Field, Naval Air Facility, NOTS, Inyokern, California. Five crew escape unharmed before bomber sinks
1947 – First flight of the Aero Ae-45
1946 – A McDonnell FH Phantom makes the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
1946 – Aircraft North Star named.
1944 – The last of 5,936 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers is completed.
1944 – Three US Army Air Force Douglas C-47s (42-100712, 42-92115, and 43-30664) disappear while flying at 500 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. The three aircraft lost radio contact with the squadron leader and flew into a storm.
1943 – First flight of the Curtiss XP-62
1939 – First flight of the Short S.26
1932 – Wolfgang von Gronau sets out to make a round-the-world trip in a Dornier Wal. One hundred and eleven days later, it will be the first such trip made in a flying boat.
1919 – Anthony Fokker founds the Dutch Aircraft Factory at Schiphol.
1911 – Pilot Denise Moore (aka Jane Wright) becomes the first woman to be killed in an airplane crash, at Étampes, France.
1909 – The first international Zeppelin (airship) show is held in Frankfurt, Germany.
