There were some high clouds in the sky over Bernieres-sur-Mer, a tiny town in the Normandy region of France, on June 29, 1944. It was typical weather along the English Channel, yet probably more pleasant than the previous week or so, when a storm lasting four days battered the area. Still, an accurate forecast for [...]
1896 – Birth of Saint Cyprian Churchill Tayler, British World War I flying ace. 1937 – First flight of the Fiat G.50 Arrow, a World War II Italian fighter and Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear to go into production. 1941 – Philippine Airlines is founded, making it Asia’s first and oldest [...]
The 4th Annual Warbird Weekend, presented by Florida Warbird Squadron 24 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, will offer two days of static warbird displays, fly-bys and rides at Punta Gorda (Fla.) Airport beginning this Saturday. Tickets are $10 person and $20 per family. For more information, click here or call 941-639-6188.
Air Fiesta 2013, scheduled for the weekend of March 9-10 at the Brownsville (Texas) South Padre Island International Airport, falls on an important milestone in the history of air shows in the Rio Grande Valley. March 10 will mark 50 years to the day that the Confederate Air Force, in those days a rag-tag band of [...]
Valiant Air Command and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex have partnered to offer a special ticket package in celebration of the 36th Annual TiCo Warbird AirShow March 22-24 at the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Fla. The Ultimate Aviation Combo package includes a one-day admission to the TiCo Warbird AirShow and the Kennedy Space [...]
The family of a legendary World War II pilot is having to sell his treasured medal collection for £120,000 ($181,944) to pay for the hero’s care home fees. Wing Commander Bransome “Branse” Burbridge was the Royal Air Force’s most prolific night-fighter pilot of the war, claiming 21 enemy kills. He downed four German planes in a [...]
American Eagle had an event for employees Monday to show off the new American Eagle livery at DFW International Airport. Astute readers will probably note that the American Eagle livery looks an awful lot like the new American livery. The main difference that I can find is that American Eagle’s livery has the word “Eagle” [...]
1784 – The first balloon flight made in Italy takes place from the grounds of a villa owned by Chevalier Paul Andreani near Milanand uses a modified hot air design built by the brothers Charles and Augustin Gerli. 1930 – Ralph O’Neil lands in Miami on the first mail service of America airline New York, Rio [...]
