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On This Day in Aviation History

1892 – Birth of Frank Alberry, Australian World War I flying ace. 1922 – First flight of the Thomas-Morse R-5 (shown), an American single-engined parasol monoplane racer. 1940 – Royal Australian Air Force Avro Ansons L9162 and N4876 of No. 2 Service Flying Training School collide in mid-air and became locked together in flight. A successful […]

Canadian Lancaster Home After British Tour

Her entrance was unmistakable. Hamilton’s Avro Lancaster bomber, nicknamed Vera because of its flight initials, VRA, displayed on the fuselage, swooped from behind the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Ontario right at noon Sunday to signal she was home. Hundreds of people gathered for the plane’s homecoming whooped and cheered, eager for the 1940s-era bomber to […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1909 – The first airship flight in the Austro-Hungarian Empire takes place when brothers Alexander and Anatol Renner lift off their “Estaric I,” a 32-meter-long, 24-horsepowedr, single-prope airship. 1965 – Death of James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer; he was a member of the crew of the Bremen, a Junkers W 33 which made the first […]

U.S. Plant Rolls Out First Super Tucano

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and Embraer have delivered the first A-29 Super Tucano to the Air Force, with company officials pledging Embraer’s Jacksonville, Fla., facility will produce the remainder of its order on time. The delivery was made Thursday at that facility. On hand were military officials from the U.S. and Afghanistan, including Maj. Gen. […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1909 – Birth of John C. “Pappy” Herbst, American World War II ace; he became the second highest-scoring fighter pilot in the China-Burma-India Theater. 1932 – Lewis Alonzo Yancey sets an autogyro altitude record of 21,500 feet in a Pitcairn PCA-2. 1959 – A U.S. Navy Martin P5M-2 Marlin, patrolling out of NAS Whidbey Island, […]

W.V. Unit to Fly Last ANG C-5 Mission

The 167th Airlift Wing, based in Martinsburg, W.V., on Thursday will fly the last Lockheed C-5 Galaxy mission crewed by the Air National Guard and welcome its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. The C-5, largest airplane in the U.S. Air Force, has been seen flying training missions in the four-state region for several years. The more […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1895 – Birth of Hans Joachim Wolff, German World War I flying ace. 1918 – Lt. David Ingalls claims his fifth victory, becoming the only U.S. Navy ace of World War I. 1942 – First flight of the Canadian-built de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito (shown), a British multi-role combat aircraft. 1966 – Marina Solovyeva sets a new women’s airspeed record of 1,270 […]

WWI Airplanes Not Forgotten by Ohio Men

In both his military and civilian careers, Glen Fike of Beavercreek, Ohio, has spent much time working with aircraft. “I retired as a colonel at Wright-Patterson AFB, having worked on the F-16 and F-22 programs,” he said. After retiring, Fike stayed in the Dayton area. “I work for BAE Systems now. We do F-16 cockpit upgrades. I […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1910 – Jorge Chávez Dartnell, also known as Géo Chávez, a Franco-Peruvian aviator, takes off from Switzerland and flies through Simplon Pass, making him the first pilot to fly over the Alps. He crashed during landing at Domodossola, Italy, and dies four days later from his injuries. 1916 – Death of Kiffin Yates Rockwell, American […]

F-22 Completes First Combat Ops Against IS

The F-22 Raptor has flown its first combat operation, a major milestone for the small air dominance fleet. An Air Force official confirmed that the Lockheed Martin Raptor was used over Syria Monday during nighttime operations against the Islamic State (IS) and other militant groups as part of a joint force of US and Arabian […]