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On This Day in Aviation History

1896 – Birth of Saint Cyprian Churchill Tayler, British World War I flying ace. 1931 – Frenchmen Lucien Bossoutrot and Maurice Rossi take off in the Blériot 110 “Joseph Le Brix” to attempt a closed-circuit world distance record. 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be reformed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1899 – Birth of George Raby Riley, British World War I fighter ace. 1921 – American James Herbert Knight, part of a relay team that flew 2,629 miles across the U.S., lands his de Havilland DH-4B in Chicago, completing the first overnight transcontinental air mail delivery. 1929 – First flight of the Breguet 27 (model […]

‘Winkle’ Brown, Record-Setting Pilot, Dies

Eric “Winkle” Brown, a British pilot who flew more kinds of aircraft than anyone in history and was the first person to land a jet on an aircraft carrier, has died. He was 97. Brown’s family said he died Sunday at a hospital in southern England after a short illness. Often dubbed Britain’s greatest pilot, […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1899 – Birth of Joseph Marie Le Brix, French raid aviator. 1932 – During the Shanghai Incident, three Imperial Japanese Navy Nakajima A1N2 fighters from the aircraft carrier Kaga score the first air-to-air kill in Japanese history, shooting down a Nationalist Chinese Boeing fighter piloted by an American volunteer. 1954 – First flight of the Convair R3Y Tradewind […]

Italian Bird Dog Back in the Air

A former Italian Army Cessna O-1E Bird Dog took off on her first post-restoration flight into the crisp winter skies over Montagnana airfield near Padova, in northeastern Italy, earlier this month after a thorough rebuild by owner Andrea Rossetto. Save for a minor radio problem, the initial sortie was a complete success. Vintage military aircraft are rare on the Italian civil […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1891 – Birth of Auguste Joseph Marie Lahoulle, French World War I flying ace and high-ranking officer in the French air force during World War II. 1923 – The Canadian Air Force is granted the prefix “Royal.” 1933 – First flight of the Vultee V-1 (shown), an American single-engined airliner. 1942 – The “Pearl Harbor of Australia” takes place when nearly 250 […]

First 727 to Make Last Flight

With the flick of a switch it’s alive once again. “Still doing its thing,” said former Boeing engineer Bob Bogash. In 1963, this Boeing 727 prototype set the stage for a new age of air travel. “We built 1832 of them, and this is the very first airplane,” Bogash said. It was retired after three decades of service […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1899 – Birth of Ronald Cory Berlyn, British World War I flying ace. 1912 – Frank Coffyn takes aerial views of New York City with a cinema camera while controlling his Wright Flyer Model B with his feet and knees. 1944 – First flight of the Curtiss SC Seahawk (SC-1 shown), an American scout seaplane. 1962 – […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1891 – Birth of Air Marshal Sir William Lawrie Welsh, British Royal Air Force officer who commanded British air operations during Operation Torch; he also was a World War I Royal Naval Air Service pilot. 1929 – Evelyn “Bobbi” Trout breaks the record for the first all-night flight by a woman as well as sets […]

Frigate Ecojet to Stun Single-Aisle Market

The design and manufacture of large commercial aircraft is one of the world’s most challenging industries. Two aviation giants dominate the field: U.S.-based Boeing and European consortium Airbus. So can a Russian upstart succeed in its goal of redefining the market with a new aircraft concept whose unique characteristics place it in a category of its […]