Mar 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
March 17, 1947 First flight of the North American B-45, the first operational jet bomber in the U.S. Air Force. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Mar 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Wright aeroplane is included among the aircraft displayed at the International Aero and Motor-Boat Exhibition in London. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Mar 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
First flight of the Avro CF-105 Arrow, Canada’s revolutionary long-range interceptor. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email a link...
Apr 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the first meaningful blow struck against the Japanese Empire since the Pearl Harbor attack, sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers led by Lt. Colonel James Doolittle are launched from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet from a point 650 miles west of Japan — 170...
Apr 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pan American Airways’ Martin M-130, the “China Clipper,” completes the first trans-Pacific flight by a commercial passenger airliner when it arrives at Hong Kong after a flight from San Francisco Bay, California. The China Clipper had taken off on April...
May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
General Adolf Galland, head of the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm, test flies the Messerschmitt Me 262 V4…and declares it the answer to Germany’s air defense problems. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Jun 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
SNCASE Chief Test Pilot Jean Boulet set two FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) world records for altitude without payload when he flew the second prototype of the Sud-Est Alouette II helicopter to an altitude of 8,209 feet near Buc, France. Share...
Jun 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bessie Coleman of Atlanta, Texas, becomes the first African-American woman to be issued a pilot’s license after completing her flight training at the premiere flight school in France, Ecole de Aviation des Freres Caudron at Le Crotoy in the Somme – managed by French...
Jun 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
June 26, 1948: United States begins the Berlin Airlift in response to Russian blockade of Western ground access to West Berlin. Together with the Royal Air Force, the U.S. Military Air Transport Command would transport over 2.3 million tons of food, coal and other...
