Aviation History
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Explore the captivating history of aviation, from groundbreaking achievements to influential milestones.
Former Libyan agent indicted for 1988 Lockerbie bombing
The United States indicted Abu Agila Mohammad Massud, a former Libyan intelligence operative, suspected of having participated in…
TBT: First submarine to be sunk by an aircraft
During the First World War, two engineering wonders were used for the first time on a large scale:…
Chuck Yeager, first pilot to cross the sound barrier, dies at 97
The aviation pioneer Charlie “Chuck” Yeager died at the age of 97 on December 7, 2020. Yeager made…
Divers find missing wreck of SE.203 Aquilon fighter jet
Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, discovered the wreckage of an SE.203 Aquilon fighter…
On this day: First Flight Of The Airbus A380
On this day: First Flight Of The Airbus A380April 27th is a very important date, as this is…
How Pan Am Boeing 707 offered us the world
On October 26, 1958, Pan Am Boeing 707 took off from Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) to…
When automation fails: remembering Qantas flight 72
On this day 12 years ago, a software failure onboard a Qantas Airways Airbus A330 (registered as VH-QPA)…
How Trump Shuttle went from glam to sham
When Eastern Air Lines started to come apart at the seams, it first tried to save itself from…
Champagne bubbles & overheating engines: Boeing 747 service entry
On September 30, 1968, the doors of the Everett assembly plant opened. A tractor towed out a glistening…
90 years ago: Hunter brothers 23 days non-stop flight record
Sometimes it seems that long-haul flights between different continents last for weeks, rather than hours. But imagine really…
Three times faster than sound, the uncatchable SR-71 Blackbird
Can you imagine flying around the world in less than 12 hours? The remarkable project of the Lockheed…
Flight attendants: 60 years ago and now
Nowadays, a flight attendant is a person on-board who serves passengers and makes sure they follow the safety…
Howard Hughes: Aviator, Billionaire, Philanthropist
Howard Hughes, an eccentric billionaire with love for films and aviation, left a significant mark on the United…
Lippisch-Dornier Aerodyne: Wingless and tailless aircraft
Wingless and tailless are usually the last words, which describe an aircraft. Even though people are used to…
40 years after the Itavia Flight 870
On June 27, 1980, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passenger jet routing from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, crashed into…
Air Force One: how Boeing 747 became the VC-25A
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on August 23, 2019. Just recently, the United States Air…
OTD: Iran Air A300 mistakenly shot down by US Navy, 290 dead
On July 3, 1988, Iran Air flight 655 from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates,…