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On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot departed Calais in his XI model aircraft in an attempt to be first ...

In celebration of International Flight Attendants Day on May 31, this week’s AeroTime quiz takes a look at famous ...

On this day, 104 years ago, the Royal Air Force was founded, creating the first independent air force in the world. ...

Jean Batten was a pioneering woman in aviation. Her flying and navigational skills, along with her bravery, helped her b...

Delta Air Lines was founded as Huff Daland Dusters with a small fleet of crop dusters. Now, 97 years later, the airline...

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Today marks the 93rd anniversary of one of the world’s oldest airlines, Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Ai ...

In the early 1950s, two women pilots, American Jacqueline Cochran and her French rival Jacqueline Auriol, competed to be ...

As the aviation industry is preparing to celebrate International Pilots' Day, we take a look back at some outstandin ...

On September 15, 1916, the French submarine Foucault was sunk by two Austrian seaplanes, becoming the first submarine in ...

New York Airways provided a dream service – avoiding traffic and traveling through New York much faster while ...

British Airways is celebrating centenary with a series of heritage liveries. Since February 2019, BA is rolling out airc ...

German Air Shipping Company is often accounted as the first civil air company in the world. Having flown for the first t ...

On November 3, 1950, Air India Flight 245 crashed on the west side of Mont Blanc, killing all 48 people on board.&n ...

One of the most captivating mysteries in aviation history – the disappearance of Amelia Earhart – recently h ...

March 8, 2018, marks a very special day for women in aviation – exactly 108 years ago Raymonde de Laroche got her...

This article was written by Bryan R. Swopes and first published on This Day in Aviation. On January 22, 1970, Capta...

On November 14, 1965 Captains Fred Lester Austin, Jr., and Harrison Finch, two retired Trans World Airlines pilots, took ...

On April 29, 1988, Boeing test pilots James C. Loesch and Kenneth Higgins take the new Boeing 747-400, serial numb ...

On April 17, 1956 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation rolled out the very first production F-104A Starfighter, 55-2956, at Air ...

On the 17th of April 1941, Igor Sikorsky’s Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter went through various rotor configurat ...

On April 16, 1912, an American aviatrix Harriet Quimby flew across the English Channel in a Blériot XI monoplane. ...

On the 13th of April 1960, Major Robert M. White, USAF, made the first flight of an X-15 by an Air Force test pilot. ...