Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Kenya Airways has signed a ground handling partnership with FedEx at Nairobi’s JKIA, strengthening the airport’s role as a regional cargo hub. Kenya Airways has
Airlink will launch the first-ever non-stop Cape Town–Zanzibar service in October 2026 using Embraer E195-E2 aircraft. Airlink will introduce the first-ever non-stop air service between
Keyvan Aviation and AviaGov have signed a strategic partnership to explore digital AIM integration, aeronautical data management and aviation governance solutions. Keyvan Aviation and AviaGov have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities focused on aeronautical data integration, digital Aeronautical Information Management
Peru has ordered a fifth Leonardo C-27J Spartan tactical airlifter, bringing total global programme sales to 100 aircraft. Leonardo has confirmed that the Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú – FAP) has ordered an additional C-27J Spartan tactical airlifter, expanding the country’s fleet to five
Universidad de San Martin de Porres in Peru has added two Tecnam P2008JC MkII aircraft to expand pilot training capacity and modernise its fleet. Universidad de San Martin de Porres (USMP) in Peru has introduced two Tecnam P2008JC MkII aircraft into its Aeronautical Sciences programme as
China launched the ninth batch of satellites for the Spacesail Constellation aboard a Long March-8 rocket from Hainan on 18 May 2026. China successfully launched a new batch of satellites for its Spacesail Constellation programme on 18 May 2026, using a Long March-8 carrier rocket from
inter airport Europe will relocate to Milan and relaunch as inter airport Global in 2027, introducing new operational and ground support equipment demonstration platforms. inter
Trimble has introduced a new smart antenna enclosure for its PX-1 RTX solution, aimed at accelerating integration for commercial drone delivery and UAV applications. Trimble
Phelan Green outlines its strategy to supply electro-sustainable aviation fuel from South Africa into European markets, aligned with upcoming EU and UK blending mandates. By
2011 – Space Shuttle Endeavour docks to the ISS for its final mission.
2006 – The world’s biggest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, lands at Heathrow Airport for the first time, making its UK debut.
1983 – American Airlines carries its 500 millionth passenger.
1982 – American Airlines‘ 1 millionth passenger is flown.
1979 – First flight of the Piper PA-42 Cheyenne.
1972 – Aeroflot Flight 1491, an Antonov An-10A, suffers a inflight structural failure while descending to land at Kharkov Airport in the Ukraine.
1969 – Launch of Apollo 10, fourth manned mission in the American Apollo space program, for testing all of the procedures and components of a Moon landing without actually landing on the Moon itself.
1969 – USMC Lockheed KC-130F Hercules BuNo 149814, c/n 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with McDonnell F-4B Phantom II BuNo 151001 of VMFA-542, MAG-13, from Chu Lai (both crew killed), while refuelling two F-4Bs of VMFA-314 over South Vietnam near Phu Bai.
1967 – Prototype of the Dassault Mirage F1, French air-superiority fighter and attack aircraft, crashes due to flutter, killing its pilot.
1966 – British pilot Sheila Scott takes off from London Heathrow for the first round-the-world solo flight. She will fly 29,000 miles (46,670 km) in stages in her Piper Comanche ‘Myth Too’.
1966 – Kosmos 11, soviet spacecraft re-enters earth’s atmosphere and breaks up.
1961 – Commander J. L. Felsman, US Navy, is killed in a McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II, BuNo 145316, during the first attempt at “Operation Sageburner” speed record at Edwards Air Force Base, California, when his aircraft disintegrated in the air after pitch damper failure. This was the first fatal Phantom II accident.
1958 – An F-104A Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).
1958 – An F-104A Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).
1958 – In a Zero Length Launch (ZEL) experiment, a U. S. Air Force North American F-100D Super Sabre becomes airborne with no runway or take-off roll at all, using its own engine in afterburner and boosted by a 130,000-pound- (58,967-kg)-thrust Astrodyne rocket.
1953 – First flight of the Douglas DC-7, American 4 engine transport aircraft, last major piston engine powered transport made by Douglas.
1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1952 – Birth of Jeana Yeager, American aviatrix. most famous for co-piloting a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft.
1951 – First flight of the Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant..
1949 – New-York city’s first helipad, is built on Pier 41 by the Hudson River.
1945 – Boeing B-29-45-MO (serial number 44-86292, victor number 82) Superfortress bomber ‘Enola Gay‘, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Paul Tibbets rolls out from the manufacture.
1940 – First flight of the Pashinin I-21 (not to be confused with the Ilyushin TsKB-32, also known as “I-21”) Soviet fighter prototype.
1940 – First flight of Saab 17, Swedish bomber-reconnaissance aircraft.
1939 – Death of Col. Charles deForest Chandler, American military aviator, and the first head of the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps that later became the United States Air Force.
1938 – Tadeusz Góra, Polish glider pilot, is the first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world for his record-breaking 577.8-kilometer flight in a PWS-101.
1934 – Entered into service was the Douglas DC-2 with Transcontinental and Western Air.
1919 – Harry Hawker and Lt Cdr Kenneth Mackenzie-Grieve attempt a non-stop Atlantic crossing but are forced to ditch their aircraft only 2,253 (1,400 miles) after leaving Newfoundland. London’s Daily Mail newspaper awards them a prize of £5,000 for their attempt anyway.
