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Electra has unveiled a turbo-electric commercial aircraft concept for NASA’s AACES 2050 programme, exploring advanced aerodynamics and electrification technologies for future 100-plus passenger airliners. MANASSAS,
ACC Aviation has facilitated multiple CFM56 engine transactions for Middle Eastern operators and international MRO providers, supporting fleet continuity and engine availability requirements. DUBAI, UAE
CANAVIA Aviation Academy has expanded its Tecnam fleet with four Next Generation aircraft, bringing its total fleet to 16 aircraft and supporting its growing airline pilot training programme in Spain. Gran Canaria-based CANAVIA Aviation Academy has confirmed a significant expansion of its training fleet through the
The global Airport Information Systems market is projected to grow from USD 4.24 billion in 2024 to USD 5.36 billion by 2030, driven by airport modernisation, digitalisation and growing operational efficiency requirements. The global Airport Information Systems (AIS) market is projected to grow from USD 4.24
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has signed an agreement to acquire a Diamond DA62 MPP special mission aircraft, expanding airborne public safety and search-and-rescue capabilities across the county. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has signed an acquisition agreement for a Diamond DA62 MPP special mission aircraft,
H55 has delivered certification-grade propulsion battery modules to Pratt & Whitney Canada for the RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator, supporting the advancement of hybrid-electric aviation technology. Swiss electric aviation company H55 has delivered certification-grade propulsion battery modules to Pratt & Whitney Canada for integration into the RTX
Safran Electronics & Defense is investing €120 million in its Montluçon facility to triple production of its hemispherical resonator gyroscope technology and create 500 new
Honeywell has launched enhanced capabilities for Safety Suite 2.0, providing real-time visibility, forecasting tools and improved safety management features for industrial operations. CHARLOTTE, USA –
AFRIDEX 2026 will introduce large-scale outdoor displays and live operational demonstrations, creating a defence exhibition platform focused on capability development, technology and industry collaboration across
2012 – A Kenya Police Eurocopter AS350 crashes on a hill in the Kibiku area of the Ngong Forest just outside Nairobi, Kenya, killing all six people on board. Among the fatalities are Kenya’s Minister of Interior Security and likely presidential candidate George Saitoti and Assistant Minister of Interior Security Joshua Orwa Ojode.
2011 – The Government of Norway announces that it will begin a gradual withdrawal of the six Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons it has committed to Operation Unified Protector, the NATO intervention in the Libyan Civil War.[2]
1999 – Canadian CF-188 Hornets began Operation Joint Guardian during the Kosovo Air War.
1990 – British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC One-Eleven, suffers explosive decompression over Didcot, Oxfordshire, England when one of the front windscreen panes blows out. The captain is partially sucked out of the cockpit, but a flight attendant manages to keep his unconscious body from falling from the aircraft. The first officer lands the aircraft safely at Southampton Airport. All on board survive.
1989 – First female USAF test pilot. Capt Jacquelyn S Parker graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB CA.
1987 – The Boeing Model 360 makes its first flight. The tandem rotored helicopter served as an Advanced Technology Demonstrator of many new design concepts.
1944 – RCAF fighter wings 144, 127 and 143 moved to France.
1943 – In one of the heaviest and most concentrated air attacks thus far in World War II, Allied aircraft drop 1,571 tons (1,425,202 kg) of bombs on Pantelleria.
1942 – An U. S. Army Air Forces LB-30 Liberator on a reconnaissance flight discovers that Japanese forces have occupied Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.
1940 – Italy declares war on Britain and its allies and begins an aerial assault on Malta.
1936 – U.S. Navy Spartan NP-1, BuNo 3824, assigned at NAS Anacostia, Anacostia, D.C., ditches in the Back River, Virginia, after suffering engine failure following take-off from Langley Field, Virginia. Pilot J. Ware is KWF.
1919 – Ruth Law of the United States breaks the women’s altitude record, flying to 14,700 feet (4,481 m).
1913 – Marcel Brindejone des Moulinais wins the Pommeroy cup in Warsaw for the longest flight between sunrise and sunset, flying 900 miles from Paris.
1912 – The Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 tows a kite balloon, apparently to determine the best coloration for submarines to avoid detection while underwater. Other than the experimental use of balloons from ships to bombard Venice in 1849 by its predecessor the Austrian Navy, it is the only operation of an observation balloon by the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
1908 – First flying club and civil airport established. Aeronautical Society chartered at New York City, and Morris Park air field established.
