On the 19th September 1783 Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist, launched the first hot air balloon called 'Aerostat Reveillon'. The passengers...

A pilot glanced outside his cockpit and froze. He blinked hard and looked again, hoping it was just a mirage. But his co-pilot stared at...

After Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, the British government resolved to recapture them. The aging V-class...

Lloyd Carlton Stearman was born in Wellsford Kansas in October 1898. The son of Fred and Icie May Stearman, who came to Kansas from the...

The first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB ,was the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, which appeared in the years immediately...

At noon on April 18, 1942, the citizens of Tokyo looked up into the sky and saw the impossible. Zooming low over the imperial capital was...

On the 28 August 1957 Michael Randrup, Chief Test Pilot of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., and Walter Shirley, Deputy Chief Engineer, climb into...

Charlie Taylor was born in a log cabin on May 24, 1868, in Cerro Gordo, Illinois to William Stephen Taylor and Mary Jane Germain. Taylor...

Just a year after the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) contributed towards beating the blockade of West Berlin; the SAAF’s services were...

Clyde Cessna’s name, at least his surname, is instantly recognized by pilots and aviation enthusiasts the world over. Over the years, the...