Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The bulletin, valid until 16 November, advises operators against flying a defined corridor of FIR Jeddah following increased Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi
A Falcon 9 carried four astronauts to orbit for what NASA says will be the fastest launch-to-docking in the station’s history, ahead of a science
The Level D device at FSI’s Long Beach Learning Center is the first G600/G700 convertible simulator approved for training in the United States. FlightSafety International
The agency hired 2,235 controller trainees in Fiscal Year 2026, more than any year in its history, following a gamer-recruitment campaign that drew over 12,000
A Boeing 747 freighter secured by JAL will fly a weekly circuit linking Los Angeles, Narita, Taipei and Singapore from 3 October, targeting demand for
The deal brings together a combined fleet of more than 175 aircraft and 140 further firm orders, creating one of the larger low-cost and leisure
An Air New Zealand DHC-8 Q300 descended to 1,022 feet above ground approaching Timaru at night in June 2023 before the crew recovered and landed safely; the Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s final report also found shortcomings in the regulator’s own
Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record
The proposed directive would require inspections on 95 US-registered aircraft after Boeing reported some elevator control bearings may have been installed incorrectly, or without sealant, during production. The FAA has proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing 737-8,
2009 – Swedish airline Feel Air is established.
1984 – The US Navy awards McDonnell Douglas a $US 438 million contract to develop the T-45 Goshawk
1981 – United States president Ronald Reagan restarts the B-1 program by announcing the order of 100 B-1Bs for the USAF.
1980 – A Westland Sea King performs the rescue of 22 passengers from the Swedish ship Finneagle in the North Sea.
1969 – Introduction: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
1966 – First flight of the Grumman Gulfstream II
1956 – First flight of the Hughes TH-55 Osage
1946 – The AFHQ selected Avro design for a new all-weather jet fighter to be named XC-100.
1946 – First flight of the Vought F6U Pirate, a prototype of the F6U Pirate
1941 – Heini Dittmar sets a new airspeed record of 1,004 km/h (624 mph) in a Messerschmitt Me 163A. The record is unofficial because the flight (and the Me 163 programme) is kept secret.
1938 – First flight of the Dewoitine D.520
1929 – First flight of the Acme Sportsman
1923 – First flight of the de Havilland Humming Bird
1920 – U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. William Merrill Corry, Jr. (5 October 1889 – 6 October 1920), of Quincy, Florida, designated Naval Aviator No. 23 in March 1916, while on a flight from Long Island, New York, with another pilot, the aircraft crashes, with Corry earning the Medal of Honor “for heroic service in attempting to rescue a brother officer from a flame-enveloped airplane near Hartford, Connecticut. On 2 October 1920, an airplane in which Lieutenant Commander Corry was a passenger crashed and burst into flames. He was thrown 30 feet clear of the plane and, though injured, rushed back to the burning machine and endeavored to release the pilot. In so doing he sustained serious burns, from which he died four days later.” In 1923, Corry Field, a new satellite airfield for Naval Air Station Pensacola, is named in his honor. Three U.S. Navy destroyers have been named USS Corry, a Clemson-class in 1921, a Gleaves-class in 1941, and a Gearing-class, in 1945.
1918 – The Kettering Bug pilotless airplane being developed by Charles F. Kettering makes its first successful unmanned flight test, albeit for only nine seconds.
1910 – The first mid-air collision takes place near Milan. Both pilots survive, but one is badly injured.
