Howard Hughes: Aviator, Billionaire, Philanthropist
Howard Hughes, an eccentric billionaire with love for films and aviation, left a significant mark on the United…
Aviation history
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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…
Unbelievable survivors of plane crashes
Aviation history holds many disastrous aircraft crashes, which happened due to numerous reasons. Starting from the terrible weather…
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…
Four historical crashes that lead to safer sky nowadays
Experts claim that the risk of dying on a plane is one in 11,000,000, when dying in a…
The Top 5 First Times in the Aviation
The aviation industry stands out by having an enormous and fascinating history. Aviation has numerous first times beginning…
From New York to London in the golden age of aviation
The Golden Age of Flying is often associated with the famous Pan Am and the Concorde aircraft flights…
The rise and fall of glamorous Pan Am
America’s first international airline Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was founded on October 27, 1927, by two…
Plane-eater: story of man who munched Cessna 150
Admit it – we all tend to eat our ways through isolation times. While some of us can’t…
Qantas pays tribute to its historic fleet in new safety video
Qantas Airways has just released a new safety video. In the 8-minute video, which took 12 months to…
90 years of Hawaiian Airlines: two bankruptcies, no fatal crashes
After saying Aloha for the first time in 1929, Hawaiian Airlines is proudly counting 90 years of operations…
On this day: the first manned flight in history
Since Icarus, humanity has always jaloused birds for their ability to fly. On this day, 236 years ago,…
Irreplaceable narrow-body – Boeing 757 retrospective
The Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 have become number one workhorses for airlines on their short and…
Heroines of skies: Interview with Radmila Tonković
Who were the first female astronomers? The first woman to teach her son to fly? What are Night…
Defining urban travel in 1950s: the story of New York Airways
We all hate traffic. Nobody likes sitting in their cars or public transport for hours every week just…
The Red Baron – Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2nd
The Red Baron – Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2ndThe early 20th century was an interesting…
History Hour: 1st flight of German aviation pioneer
German Air Shipping Company is often accounted as the first civil air company in the world. Having flown…
When Soviets Almost Beat The West: The Tupolev Tu-104
The One Time Soviets Almost Beat The West: The Tupolev Tu-104 StoryOkay, to clarify – we’re talking about…